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Laverne Cox Posts
804 Likes | 1510 days ago | 5
I was at @apait_ssg last week and reminded of the remarks I gave at their benefit last year. Its still really hard for me to watch my speeches. But they made me watch this one..lol. I thought there might be something useful here for some of you at this moment. What does optimal well being look like during a pandemic, social distancing and quarantines? How's the kid who lives inside you doing right now? Talk to her. Check in. Give her what she needs. "She" is gender neutral in this usage btw. 😉 ... #OptimalWellBeing #reparentingtheinnerchild #truth #selfcare #love #TransIsBeautiful #grieving #grief
14,547 Likes | 1511 days ago | 263
#Caption this... ... 🎶Captain Hook by @theestallion 🎶 ... #TransIsBeautiful #quarantine #SocialDistancing
7,602 Likes | 1511 days ago | 111
What do you do when you're social distancing? This is what I do. Wash your hands, avoid groups, follow the guidelines of the CDC. Self love is a practice. When we can truly love ourselves then we can love and care for others. 🎶I love me by @ddlovato 🎶 ... #TransIsBeautiful
72,859 Likes | 1511 days ago | 1,736
Idris Elba has tested positive for Corona Virus. He had no symptoms. Please everyone practice social distancing, wash your hands and follow all the other guidelines from the CDC. #corona #covid_19
14,095 Likes | 1513 days ago | 114
Thank you @essence for this update and further uplifting Ariyonna and her beautiful support system. Reposted from @essence We sat down with Ariyonna Cotton, her mother Ashanti Cotton, and rapper @LilWaveDaddy. The 4-year-old melted our hearts and she officially has a new saying, "Black is beautiful."
31,836 Likes | 1513 days ago | 161
I was reminded about this in my own life this week. Going it alone is so very seductive and yes self reliance is important. But we need each other. Right now we are reminded how much we are all connected. That should definitely be one of the lessons we take from.this moment. I so want to do it all on my own. I often isolate and many of us are isolating and self quarantining now. But I just got off the phone with a few of my girls. We may not be together right now but we are here for each other. Shout out to my COTS, the women who hold me up. Can we all invite in the energy of love, connection, health, healing and safety into our beings right now. Let that energy permeate our souls and nervous systems expanding our resilience in this moment and give that to each other. ... #quarantine #isolation #connection #belonging #love
15,496 Likes | 1514 days ago | 77
What a blessed day today spending time with the beautiful women of Casa Zulma and shooting a psa on mental health for APAIT. Thank you @jazzmunnichcala and everyone at APAIT and Casa Zulma for making me feel so welcome and inspiring me with your beauty, resilience and commitment to community. ❤❤❤❤❤ ... #TransIsBeautiful
5,528 Likes | 1516 days ago | 58
My girl @themilajam is giving us life in her new video that we need in these uncertain times. #TransIsBeautiful #Numberone
4,975 Likes | 1517 days ago | 68
Please go to the link in my bio and call the members of the House of Representatives of the state of Alabama and tell them to vote NO on HB 303 and No on SB 219. Call Alabama Governor Kay Ivey at 334.242.7100 and tell her to veto these bills if they land on her desk. These bills criminalize medically necessary treatment for trans youth. I just called her office. She needs to hear from you. ... #TransIsBeautiful #transrightsarehumanrights
70,551 Likes | 1518 days ago | 1,584
Part of the reason I wept so hard when I saw Zaya Wade being applauded and celebrated in my last post is because I saw this post a few days ago on twitter and it broke my heart. And Viola Davis wrote here what I was too overwhelmed to express. bell hooks once wrote loving Blackness is a revolutionary act. Inspired by her words I have said loving transness is a revolutionary act. My trans politics are rooted in intersectional feminist politics taught to me by black women like bell hooks through her books. Teaching stunningly beautiful brown girls like this one to see her profound beauty and worth is our work. Let's get busy. ... Reposted from @violadavis of WORTH of BEAUTY! We are fighting hundreds of years of brutal conditioning of being considered less than. It is sprinkled in our language, behavior, laws, music...etc.. and trickles down to our youth. I'm speaking LIFE into Ariyonna. From a sista who looks a lot like you....you were born worthy therefore you were born beautiful!❤❤ 🎥@lilwavedaddy -
15,297 Likes | 1532 days ago | 39
Last night was so lovely. Congrats to the cast and crew of @hollywoodnetflix. Had so much fun meeting and chatting with you all. Can't wait to watch the rest.
7,755 Likes | 1532 days ago | 42
Today’s guilty verdicts in the Weinstein trial are a testament to the bravery and resilience of the #SilenceBreakers, and a victory for survivors everywhere. This is just the beginning. Join @TIMESUPNOW’s fight for safety, equity & justice in every workplace: Text COURAGE to 306-44.
6,856 Likes | 1532 days ago | 66
What's your self care practice for today? I'm breathing into the moment, grounding myself in the present and asking how I can co-create the future I want right now. ... #TransIsBeautiful
17,580 Likes | 1533 days ago | 172
Feeling hopeful that the voices of the every day citizen will be lifted up, valued and honored. ... Blazer: vintage @manfredthierrymugler Legging: @wearcommando Makeup: me Hair: me ... #TransIsBeautiful
14,189 Likes | 1534 days ago | 83
#bts of my cover photo shoot for @outmagazine. I was so inspired after I had the idea to turn this @dior trench inside out, I had to give my best @charlizeafrica in a Dior commercial fantasy, "J'adore Dior." And @yashuasimmons was feeling something different. Lol. I hope you're laughing today. I hope you're finding your joy today. When I was a kid I sang along with TV commercials and tv theme songs and pretended I was one of those people on tv. I love that I still like to pretend like I am one of those people on tv. "J'adore." Lol ... #TransIsBeautiful #joy #love link in my bio
6,224 Likes | 1535 days ago | 58
There's something about @adutakech's presence on a catwalk and at the top of the fashion industry that feels simultaneously like the height of elegance, unbelievable beauty, courage, power and political protest all in a walk, a pose, a look, an essence...#LIFE
17,258 Likes | 1535 days ago | 149
Mood cause @beyonce took home all the awards at the @naacpimageawards tonight as she should have. Order restored! ... Well some order. Please everyone register to vote. Let's fight voter suppression, gerrymandering, the electoral college and let's get money out of politics. We have to reform how our elections are financed to get some semblance of real representative democracy. I believe it's in we the people's best interests to support politicians who support campaign finance reform in both theory and practice. A president, senate and house of representatives who pass and sign HR1 into law I believe would be a good start though the campaign finance section could go a bit further. .... Congrats to all the winners and nominees. ... #TransIsBeautiful #vote #registertovote #endvotersupression #campaignfinancereform #endgerrymandering #census
25,403 Likes | 1536 days ago | 95
When you really should have stretched but you didn't and the spirit hit you and you're in a split. Lordt!!! ... #TransIsBeautiful
13,643 Likes | 1537 days ago | 62
Click on the link in my bio to see more from my @outmagazine cover shoot. ... Photographed by @camilafalquez Styled by @yashuasimmons Hair by @bradleyirion Makeup by @theladydeja Nails by #EriIshizu Tailoring by @yanagalbshtein Location: Vandervoort Studio / @vandervoortstudio ... #TransIsBeautiful
4,077 Likes | 1537 days ago | 19
Reposted from @chellaman The first time I met Laverne Cox, I literally got on one knee. Evidently, this was detailed in the cover interview: Cycling through a number of poses, Man instinctually gets to one knee. Gazing up to Cox, he exultingly extends his arms in her direction, at once bowing to and reveling in her eminence. It’s both corny and endearingly awkward, yet necessarily reverential. After all, he is one of the newest trans actors on the scene.” I owe Laverne and many other queer and disabled role models of color great thanks for the doors they have opened. @lavernecox, The love & care you radiate diminishes hate. _ Words by @rayzhon. Thank you, @pfpicardi and @raquel_willis, for changing the world for the better. Shot by the angel: @camilafalquez! Styled by @yashuasimmons /@julianmack
57,321 Likes | 1720 days ago | 758
This is devastating . Credit to from @peppermint247 (@get_regrann) - My heart breaks for @Princess_Wild_kat and the family of @ReesehimDaddie. For those of you that don't know Reece was someone who had the audacity to publicly love a trans woman. After enduring torment and ridicule yesterday he died by Suicide, look up the transgender people in your lives and lift up the PARTNERS AND LOVES of transgender people. In some cases it's life and death. -
38,089 Likes | 1722 days ago | 234
#ad Living for the "Dirty werk remix" of my song ""Welcome Home" which is moving up to the number 8 position on the @billboard club play dance charts this week. Thank you to all the DJ's playing the song. All proceeds from the song go to benefit the @translawcenter. Shot by @johnnysibilly #TransIsBeautiful #ad
4,307 Likes | 1723 days ago | 17
Can't wait to see this film and I am so proud of my sister @tracelysette. Let's all keep on hustling remembering our worthiness is a birthright. ... #TransIsBeautiful
5,693 Likes | 1723 days ago | 35
"You don't have to be drunk to get your life." Always drink responsibility. Love you all! ... Yes I use the word "shindig" in casual conversation apparently. I can't believe I said "shindig" but I did. ... #TransIsBeautiful #yntcd
9,217 Likes | 1724 days ago | 41
What a wonderful day today talking @oitnb and my Emmy nomination and so much more with various media outlets. I feel so grateful to be able to fully experience the joy of receiving all the love I got from all of you today. When we numb to avoid negative emotions we also numb the positive ones. Life is tough but when it's good it can be so good. I am so happy that I am not numb today so that I can feel all my feelings even when it hurts. That makes me human. ... The blazer is @houseofholland #TransIsBeautiful #fyc #ForYourConsideration #Emmys #love
20,910 Likes | 1724 days ago | 134
Fourth look of the day. ... Dress @herveleger, jewelry @djulajewelry ... #TransIsBeautiful
10,283 Likes | 1724 days ago | 49
3rd look of the day. Dress @simonacorselliniofficial, necklaces @ammanii and @djulajewelry, earrings and ring @dejewelry, ring @djulajewelry, Makeup @beautybytayrivera Hair @kiyahwright1 Styled by @christinajpacelli ... #TransIsBeautiful
5,958 Likes | 1724 days ago | 46
I am in this movie. I love it. It's out September 13. Go to see it. Reposted from @canyoukeepasecretmovie (@get_regrann) - Based on the best-selling novel by @sophiekinsellawriter, WATCH the official trailer for #CanYouKeepASecret at the link in our bio. Starring @alexandradaddario and @tylerhoechlin. In theaters and On Demand September 13th! #movies #newmovies #movietrailers #comingsoon #alexandradaddario #tylerhoechlin #kimikoglenn #lavernecox #sunitamani #sophiekinsella #sophiekinsellabooks #romanticcomedy #romcom - #regrann
13,383 Likes | 1725 days ago | 98
#BTS at @edailypop today wearing Bodysuit @whyte_studio, trousers @thisiswhistles, utility belt @fendi, booties @ruthie_davis, earrings @surfacehandmade, rings and bracelet @h.crowne ... Makeup @beautybytayrivera Hair @kiyahwright1 Styled by @christinajpacelli ... #TransIsBeautiful
28,259 Likes | 1725 days ago | 226
Backstage at @accessonline today wearing Dress @nicholasthelabel from @shopbop, shoes @shoes53405, rings and bracelets @h.crowne, earrings @annikainez, necklace @cirari ... Makeup @beautybytayrivera Hair @kiyahwright1 Styled by @christinajpacelli ... #TransIsBeautiful
4,640 Likes | 1725 days ago | 49
The moments when I can overcome imposter syndrome this is how I do it. .. I sat down with @dinoray earlier this week to talk #Emmys #acting #oitnb and more #fyc #ForYourConsideration #TransIsBeautiful #impostersyndrome
82,818 Likes | 1725 days ago | 771
@gaumzito shared this lovely image on Twitter. While I am not vying for a role in the film, I am vying for a hairstyle in this cut and color. She looks cute on me right? Thanks @gaumzito. . #TransIsBeautiful
23,739 Likes | 1725 days ago | 173
#ForYourConsideration. Emmy voting begins today. I am so insanely grateful to the @televisionacad members who saw fit to single out my work in @oitnb for a third time with this nomination. Academy members we can make history this year. If you see fit you can make me the first trans person to win an Emmy in an acting category. You can celebrate a show, whose final season is now streaming on @netflix, a show that has changed the televison landscape forever. I love you, my fellow artists. I love you my Orange family I share this nomination with each of you. #OrangeForever #OITNB #TransIsBeautiful
8,924 Likes | 1725 days ago | 70
I spoke with @goldderby about the episode of @oitnb for which I am nominated for an Emmy award this year for outstanding guest actress in a drama series. The episode is from the 6th season of Orange. Caputo offers Sophia the chance to publicly tell her story of oppression that she has experienced within the walls of Litchfield. Sophia says, "I'm done trying to be heard. Nobody's listening." In this clip from my interview with Gold Derby I reveal the subtext for me in this moment from Sophia's life. Emmy voting begins today. #fyc #ForYourConsideration. #Emmys
5,175 Likes | 1726 days ago | 25
Love this article. Reposted from @the_brianmichael (@get_regrann) - “A generation of trans men were told to just disappear—that is what success meant as a trans person.... In this new moment, I think a lot of people are rethinking that.” One of the things that thrilled him about writing for The L Word was the prospect of seeing trans masculine characters framed as glamorous.” - @thomaspagemcbee This right here spoke to my entire soul and galvanized my commitment to bringing my deepest truths to my part on @sho_thelword This entire piece is full of these kinds of resonant morsels. @press101 has put together one of the best articles on the state of Transgender representation in TV I’ve read and am fortunate to be a part of. Starting with @poseonfx as the new model for #Trans storytelling done right- with Trans lead actors, directors and writers and the undeniable cultural impact of that level of authenticity, Joy Press traces the path of how we’ve come to this point in our representation journey and where we need to go next through the insights of Trans actors, writers and producers who are treading the path, naming the roadblocks and telling industry and those trying to break in how to bypass or obliterate them. @ourladyj @shakeenz @thomaspagemcbee @marjalewisryan @therealalexandrabillings @t.cooper.4 and @tracelysette drop some jewels all throughout this piece and it would behoove you to check the link in the bio or go grab a copy of the September issue of @vanityfair I will say that I would love to get some insights on the experiences and impact of non-binary performers and artists such as @ser_anzoategui and @asiakatedillon have had in TV in the past few years as well. . . . #representationmatters #transisbeautiful #pride #vanityfair #girlslikeus #transmenofinstagram #transmen #transgender #tv #thelword #transparent #posefx #sense8 #theoa #take3talent #jagoassociates - #regrann
8,709 Likes | 1727 days ago | 44
Last night at the @sagaftrafound talking the final season of @oitnb, my Emmy nomination and so much more. We went all the way in. Video coming soon. Photo courtesy of @sagaftrafound Twitter account .. Wearing Dress @vatanikaofficial, blazer @dzojchen, earrings @shahlakarimi_jewelry, necklace @aweinspired_, rings @bondhardware @melaniegeorgacopoulos Styled by @christinajpacelli Makeup @samuelpaulmakeup Hair @kiyahwright1 ... #TransIsBeautiful
15,271 Likes | 1727 days ago | 94
@wmag You are still the only transgender person to be nominated for an acting Emmy. What does that feel like? @lavernecox In a year of a show like Pose being nominated in other categories, none of the trans actors from that show have been nominated, so I felt like maybe I’m supposed to talk about that. I don’t know. There’s so much incredible talent there. There’s so much incredible trans talent on television right now in general, so part of me was thinking maybe it’s my job to encourage academy voters to consider that talent as well. The first time I was nominated in 2014 it was historic because I was the first trans person nominated for an acting Emmy. Now, for my third nomination I’m like, maybe the Academy needs to vote for me and we can make more history. [Laughs.] ... Click on the link in my bio for the full interview
13,671 Likes | 1727 days ago | 127
This is what it's like to be free.!@msayles is not only an awesome photographer, he is also a great sport. And yes I am wearing this belt from @rainabelts again. I love this belt. Mix and match your accessories. Wear them!!. LIVE!! I hope this puts a smile on your face. ... #TransIsBeautiful #BTS #photoshoot #werk
20,303 Likes | 1727 days ago | 130
I am so insanely proud of my sister @mjrodriguez7 for her incredible work on @poseonfx. And now this incredible honor!!! Werk Mama!!! ... 'Mj Rodriguez is a trailblazer once again. The Pose star became the first transgender woman to win Best Actress - Television at the Imagen Awards, an annual event honoring positive representations of Latinx people in media." ... #TransIsBeautiful
22,863 Likes | 1727 days ago | 244
For your consideration #Emmy voters. I was on KTLA this morning talking about my 3rd Emmy nomination and trying to grapple with still being the only openly trans person nominated for an acting Emmy. Looking back always helps me. @halleberry is still the only black woman to win an Oscar for Best Actress in the entire history of the Academy Awards. I want to challenge artists, producers, network and studio executives to continue to ask ourselves how do we continue to create space for others to walk through the door once it had been opened? How do we open more doors and break more glass ceilings? We have come so far but there is so much more ground yet to be broken. ... #TransIsBeautiful #oitnb #Emmys #fyc #halleberry #oscars
22,993 Likes | 1728 days ago | 217
First look of the day for #KTLA ... Dress @whyte_studio, blazer vintage @manfredthierrymugler, earrings @anniecostellobrown, ring @bondhardware, bracelet @bemylilou, handbag @destree_paris. ... Hair @kiyahwright1 Makeup @samuelpaulmakeup Styled by @christinajpacelli ... #TransIsBeautiful
33,299 Likes | 1728 days ago | 244
Yesterday. #paparazzi #TransIsBeautiful
17,520 Likes | 1729 days ago | 109
Love this. Thanks @therealtraceyafrica for posting it.
26,565 Likes | 1729 days ago | 91
Last night was pretty lit. Thanks @taylorswift for an awesome night. ... #TransIsBeautiful
27,446 Likes | 1729 days ago | 235
#TransIsBeautiful #blackIsBeautiful #nomakeup #nofilter #selflove
26,803 Likes | 1730 days ago | 296
When your song comes on and you've sweat out your cute new do and it don't matter cause your song is on. (Side note, I have intentionally used "don't" when "doesn't" is grammatically correct for colloquial affect. #goodtimes #yntcd #TransIsBeautiful
28,684 Likes | 1730 days ago | 284
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18,042 Likes | 1730 days ago | 162
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109,336 Likes | 1730 days ago | 2,062
She ready... Hair @kiyahwright1 Makeup @samuelpaulmakeup Styled by @lavernecox #TransIsBeautiful
17,790 Likes | 1730 days ago | 122
Reminded once again today to listen to my body. She knows way more than my meager will can muster. ... #TransIsBeautiful
46,094 Likes | 1732 days ago | 384
Love you two so much. #TransIsBeautiful
15,606 Likes | 1732 days ago | 0
Reposted from @peppermint247 (@get_regrann) - Brilliant from Gloria Steinem: "How about we treat every young man who wants to buy a gun like every woman who wants to get an abortion - mandatory 48-hour waiting period, parental permission, a note from his doctor proving he understands what he's about to do, a video he has to watch about the effects of gun violence...Let's close down all but one gun shop in every state and make him travel hundreds of miles, take time off work, and stay overnight in a strange town to get a gun. Make him walk through a gauntlet of people holding photos of loved ones who were shot to death, people who call him a murderer and beg him not to buy a gun." - #regrann
26,401 Likes | 1732 days ago | 231
Single lady... #TransIsBeautiful
125,398 Likes | 1732 days ago | 1,828
What makes you feel free, unburdened? Can you give yourself some of that today just for a few moments to remind yourself what freedorm feels like. #TransIsBeautiful
10,457 Likes | 1732 days ago | 58
After fighting for the rights of trans people in El Salvador as an activist for over a decade, Alejandra finally had to flee El Salvador to escape persecution on the basis of her transgender identity. Alejandra is a 44-year-old transgender woman from El Salvador who requested asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border in November 2017 but has been held in immigration detention by ICE ever since. @ICEgov needs to #FreeAlejandra. Please share and go to the link in my bio to find out more about how you can help Free Alejandra. Thank you @translatinacoalition for your tireless work on this and other concerns. . #TransIsBeautiful
13,466 Likes | 1733 days ago | 58
On the set of @joltthemovie. Photo by our fearless director @twexdirects. ... #TransIsBeautiful
17,127 Likes | 1733 days ago | 158
@intouchweekly made this comparison and I'm not mad at it. Love me some Storm. ... #TransIsBeautiful
85,186 Likes | 1735 days ago | 929
Goofing off between takes today. What song should this be set to? ... #TransIsBeautiful
20,258 Likes | 1736 days ago | 207
#BTS of my cover shoot for the September issue of @britishvogue. #TransIsBeautiful
15,643 Likes | 1737 days ago | 86
So grateful you can catch me in two shows that premiered yesterday. The first clip here is me in the 3rd season of @dearwhitepeople on @netflix . I love this show so much. I only have 2 episodes left to watch myself in the new season(long plane ride). Its so good. Check it out. The second clip is from me in @robinthede's new groundbreaking show @ablackladysketchshow. This is the first sketch show ever with all black women in front of and behind the camera. Epic and hilarious. Thank you @jsim07 and @robinthede for trusting me to help tell the stories you want to tell. Love you Justin! Love you Robin. Congrats on this groundbreaking work! You can also catch me in the final season of @oitnb on @netflix ... #TransIsBeautiful #actorlife
29,258 Likes | 1738 days ago | 255
#flashbackfriday in the car on my way to the @oitnb season 7 premiere last week. The final season of #oitnb is currently streaming on @netflix ... #TransIsBeautiful
9,207 Likes | 1738 days ago | 44
"🎶Beat for the Gods, dusted and carved. Dress barely fitting and this face is sitting and I'm beat, for the Gods."🎶 happy weekend
21,431 Likes | 1738 days ago | 153
This was going to be a sexy photo on the hood of this McLaren 600lt spider. Then I started to slide ever so quickly down the car. On the set of @joltthemovie
9,735 Likes | 1739 days ago | 68
#BTS of my cover shoot for @britishvogue on newsstands today. #ForcesForChange #TransIsBeautiful ... wearing @Hermes shirt and trousers, @NinaRicci coat and @CommonProjects trainers. fashion editor @TheRealGraceCoddington, with hair by @BartPumpkin, make-up by @Diane.Kendal ... 🎶All Night🎶 by @beyonce. The official artist of all my photo shoots
12,385 Likes | 1739 days ago | 122
Video: Directed and edited by @Kloss_Films. for @britishvogue #TransIsBeautiful
24,277 Likes | 1740 days ago | 267
I am so proud to be the first openly trans person to cover @britishvogue following in the footsteps of @valentts 's March 2017 @vogueparis cover and @indyamoore 's @teenvogue cover from earlier this year. ... I assert daily that trans is beautiful. I am so blessed that as an artist my job is to highlight and celebrate everyone's beautiful and imperfect humanity. We must not forget our shared humanity as we interact with each other, implement public policies, vote for elected officials. Even when we disagree we must still acknowledge each other's humanity. We must not continue to allow the tactics of divide and conquer, dehumanization to keep us from each other. Divide and conquer only serves those already in power. ... Policies in my country that seek to dehumanize trans people by making it legal to discriminate against us in homeless shelters, healthcare, and employment (see Aimee Stephens case going to the Supreme Court in October) must not be inacted. The ban against trans folks serving openly in our military must not stand. We need a senate and president that will pass and sign the Equality Act into law. Trans and nonbinary children must be protected. We must end the epidemic of violence against trans people. Trans people existing and thriving is not a threat to nontrans people existing and thriving. Let's not allow scarcity narratives to keep us from each other. We can choose love not fear today. ... Thank you @britishvogue @edward_enninful and HRH The Duchess of Sussex @sussexroyal for this incredible honor. ... Photographed by @TheRealPeterLindbergh, fashion editor @TheRealGraceCoddington, with hair by @BartPumpkin, make-up by @Diane.Kendal and nails by @YukoTsuchihashi. ... #TransIsBeautiful #ForcesForChange #vogue
5,245 Likes | 1740 days ago | 36
Everyone you must tune into @hbo on Friday to watch @ablackladysketchshow. It's historic and revolutionary and funny as hell. So honored I got to be a small part of this show. Thank you @robinthede.
19,439 Likes | 1741 days ago | 169
3 days, 3 looks. 1 belt worn twice. I love repeating accessories that give me life. This belt is from @rainabelts that you are likely to see me wearing again. All styled by @christinajpacelli. What's your favorite? . First look: Dress @csiriano, jewelry @hsternofficial Hair @ursulastephen Makeup @theladydeja . Second Look Dress @escadaofficial earrings @acchito Hair @ursulastephen Makeup @gilbert_soliz . Third look Dress @nicholaskstudio Earrings @maaari_co Ring @alexisbittar Hair @ursulastephen Makeup @gilbert_soliz . #TransIsBeautiful
8,930 Likes | 1741 days ago | 17
Thank you @gretathunberg for your work to wake us all up about the climate crisis that threatens our existence on this planet. . Reposted from @edward_enninful (@get_regrann) - 16-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg is one of 15 inspiring women on the cover of cover the September 2019 issue of @BritishVogue. Discover the full #ForcesForChange story in the new issue, on newsstands Friday 2 August. #GretaThunberg photographed by @TheRealPeterLindbergh, with local production by @SkarpAgent. Video featuring @GretaThunberg and @Gemma_Chan. Directed and edited by @Kloss_Films. - #regrann
8,092 Likes | 1741 days ago | 27
Just a casual day in London hanging out on the set of @joltthemovie with our amazing director @twexdirects, our star @katebeckinsale, my partner @bobby_cannavale and the one and only @stanleytucci. Thank you goddess, higher power, universe for another day of work, for getting to do what I love. #dreams #Jolt #TransIsBeautiful #actorslife
23,059 Likes | 1742 days ago | 121
God I love this dress. Werk @csiriano. Thanks to everyone who has already watched the last season of #oitnb. We love you ap much! #TransIsBeautiful
12,909 Likes | 1742 days ago | 136
#BTS of my cover shoot for the September Issue of @britishvogue. #ForcesForChange. #TransIsBeautiful 🎶someone you loved🎶 by @lewiscapaldi. What a perfectly devastating breakup song!
17,074 Likes | 1742 days ago | 91
What great company to be in. Reposted from @itzadundeal13 (@get_regrann) - #Repost @the.root . .
37,488 Likes | 1742 days ago | 204
"I'm here to highlight the profound humanity that transgender people of all kinds possess." #TransIsBeautiful ... Photographed by the legendary @therealpeterlindbergh for the September issue of @britishvogue #ForcesForChange guest-edited by HRH The Duchess of Sussex @SussexRoyal. with fashion editors @Edward_Enninful and @TheRealGraceCoddington, hair by @BartPumpkin and @SergeNormant, make-up by @TheValGarland and @Diane.Kendal, nails by @LorraineVGriffin and @YukoTsuchihashi. On newsstands Friday 2 August.
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Reposted from @edward_enninful (@get_regrann) - What changes do you want to see in the world? That’s the question HRH The Duchess of Sussex @SussexRoyal and @BritishVogue posed to 15 women with 15 unique causes in the September 2019 #ForcesForChange issue. Meet the September issue cover stars as they discuss who and what is inspiring change today. Watch the full film from 4pm today at Vogue.co.uk/video. Directed and edited by @Kloss_Films. Starring: @AdwoaAboah @AdutAkech @SomaliBoxer @JacindaArdern @TheSineadBurke @Gemma_Chan @LaverneCox @JaneFonda @SalmaHayek @FrankieGoesToHayward @JameelaJamilOfficial @Chimamanda_Adichie @YaraShahidi @GretaThunberg @CTurlington - #regrann
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I am completely overwhelmed and overjoyed to share this cover. Being on the cover of Vogue magazine has been a dream of mine since I was a child. To get to share this cover with this group of women who inspire me, who are truly forces for change is deeply humbling. That it's @britishvogue is even more special to me because British Vogue was the first to feature a black model on its cover, Donyale Luna in May 1966. Thank you so much @edward_enninful and guest editor Her Royal Highness, The Duchess of Sussex for including me. Thank you to the entire team at Vogue for making this experience truly divine. #TransIsBeautiful ... Introducing the #ForcesForChange September 2019 issue of @BritishVogue, guest-edited by HRH The Duchess of Sussex @SussexRoyal. Photographed by @TheRealPeterLindbergh, with fashion editors @Edward_Enninful and @TheRealGraceCoddington, hair by @BartPumpkin and @SergeNormant, make-up by @TheValGarland and @Diane.Kendal, nails by @LorraineVGriffin and @YukoTsuchihashi. On newsstands Friday 2 August. Starring: @AdutAkech @Gemma_Chan @GretaThunberg @JameelaJamilOfficial @Chimamanda_Adichie @AdwoaAboah @JacindaArdern @FrankieGoesToHayward @SomaliBoxer @CTurlington @SalmaHayek @TheSineadBurke @JaneFonda @LaverneCox @YaraShahidi
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God this is beautiful! Reposted from @traceeellisross (@get_regrann) - BEAUTIFUL ~ oh so beautiful and special. thank you @beyonce for this song BROWN SKIN GIRL and @mstinalawson for posting this. and @thejacksonfamilyvalues for sharing this intimate, precious connection.
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You're welcome. #extra #enough #ImEnough ... The final season of @oitnb is now streaming on @netflix. Click on the link in my bio to find out more about the Poussey Washington Fund. ... #TransIsBeautiful #oitnb #wonderwoman #twirl
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I know I'm extra but 🎶This is what you came for🎶. The 7th and final season of @oitnb is now streaming on @netflix. ... #TransIsBeautiful #oitnb
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I frigging love this. This is funny but it's actually really hot too. Intersectional feminist men are so hot to me. Reposted from @chescaleigh (@get_regrann) - From the brilliant mind of @dylanmarron, here’s what “woke porn” might look like. -
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When this look came together today I felt like it was evoking some sort of superhero/supervillain. What do you think her name should be? ... Dress @escadaofficial, earrings @acchitto Makeup @gilbert_soliz Hair @ursulastephen Wigology @deetrannybear Styled by @christinajpacelli #TransIsBeautiful #oitnb
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At the top of the #EmpireStateBuilding today after lighting the building Orange for the final season of @oitnb currently streaming. Click on the link in my bio to find out more about the Poussey Washington Fund #oitnb #TransIsBeautiful
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Today we got to turn the #EmpireStateBuilding Orange to celebrate the 7th and final season of @oitnb and the launch of the Possey Washington Fund. Click on the link in my bio to find out more about th Poussey Washington Fund. #oitnb
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They were playing 🎶In my feelings🎶 during this moment as I walked down the back carpet to greet our loyal fans. It was the perfect song cause boy was I in my feelings, just completely overwhelmed getting to see all of your smiling faces. You have held us up for 7 seasons. We love you so much. The 7th and final season of @oitnb is now streaming on @netflix. ... #oitnb #TransIsBeautiful #inmyfeelings #love #redcarpet
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At the @oitnb premiere tonight wearing Dress @csiriano Dress @csiriano, jewelry @hsternofficial Makeup @theladydeja Hair @ursulastephen Styled by @christinajpacelli Photo by @dimitrioskphoto for @gettyimages ... #TransIsBeautiful #oitnb #foreverorange
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At the @oitnb premiere tonight wearing Dress @csiriano Dress @csiriano, jewelry @hsternofficial Makeup @theladydeja Hair @ursulastephen Styled by @christinajpacelli Photo by @dimitrioskphoto for @gettyimages ... #TransIsBeautiful #oitnb #foreverorange
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At the @oitnb premiere tonight wearing Dress @csiriano Dress @csiriano, jewelry @hsternofficial Makeup @theladydeja Hair @ursulastephen Styled by @christinajpacelli Photo by @dimitrioskphoto for @gettyimages ... #TransIsBeautiful #oitnb #foreverorange
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The #glowup is real. Tonight is the #redcarpet premiere of the 7th and final season of @oitnb. I have been reflecting a lot on the woman I was when the first season premiered 6 years ago and who I am now. Oh how my red carpet looks have evolved! (Exhibit A! 🤔) More importantly, however, oh how I have grown and evolved as a human being, spiritually, artistically! And all of you have been there, every step of the way. You have been cheering me on, loving me and in the process giving others hope that though they have been reviled, on the outside, that they can be invited in, that they can be loved, that they are deeply lovable. ... #TransIsBeautiful #throwbackthursday #oitnb
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Since receiving my third Emmy nomination last week for the 6th season of @oitnb, I have been thinking a lot about how 5 years after my first primetime Emmy nomination, I am still the only openly trans person to be nominated for an acting Emmy. No openly trans person, of course, has won an acting Emmy. . The only trans person to win a major acting award is @missmyataylor who won a @filmindependent Spirit award in 2016 for the movie "Tangerine". This video is of that historic moment. ... Many brilliant actors never get nominated for or win awards. If we can touch one life with our work that is reward enough. Shout out to all the trans actors out there working and looking for your first or next acting job. I have been there. Hang in there. Shout out to all the guest actors and day players out there. I see you. I am you. I love you!❤❤❤❤🙏🙏 ... #TransIsBeautiful #emmys #actorslife
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I always love visiting @livekellyandryan. Thanks for always making me feel so welcome and being so much fun. #oitnb #TransIsBeautiful
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So they asked me backstage at @livekellyandryan today to tell them who I was wearing and this delivery came out. Sometimes I think I watched too many contestants in the spokesmodel category on Star Search when I was a kid. Anybody else remember the spokesmodel category from Star Search with Ed McMahon? Kids this is what YouTube is for. ... #TransIsBeautiful
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This morning on @livekellyandryan. Makeup @kilprity hair @bradleyirion photo by @kilprity
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Having so much fun in this one so far. I feel so blessed whenever I get to do what I love. And this is my first action film!!🤗🤗
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Melanin too dark to throw her shade ... #🎶Brown Skin Girl🎶 #TheLionKingTheGift #TheLionKing #Beyonce #TransIsBeautiful
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#EnoughSaid ... 🎶Brown Skin Girl🎶 from #TheLionKingTheGift #beyonce #thelionking #brownskingirl #brownskingirls #TransIsBeautiful
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That time I unconsciously impersonated that dancing emoji. 💃 ... #TransIsBeautiful
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Missing California but I have been working really hard in London and loving it. All work and no play and that's just fine by me. 🎶Senorita🎶 by @shawnmendes and @camila_cabello ... #TransIsBeautiful
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Speak on it @geenarocero. The gender binary is a byproduct of colonization. It is persistent work to decolonize our minds, language, race and gender. It is liberatory work. ... #TransIsBeautiful
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I just teared up a bit looking at this beautiful @variety cover. To have been a part of something so powerful, that is Orange is the New Black, something that changed the culture,, has been the greatest gift of my life so far. These three women on this cover, Cindy Holland, @uzoaduba and @ijnej, all brilliant visionaries centered womanhood on the small screen in unprecedented ways, I am in utter awe you. You represent the @oitnb and @netflix family for me in the purist of ways. Back in 2012 we were all on set in Queens, NY together for the first time just so excited to fulfill the vibrant, singular vision of Jenji Kohan, based on @piperkerman's brilliant book. Oh those luscious words on those exquisite pages! I remember it felt like nothing I had ever seen before on television. I wasn't sure if the public would go for it but I knew it was brilliant and special and that's all that mattered to me at the time being a part of something so special. The final season of #oitnb premieres in one week on July 26. #OrangeForever
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After I saw the first season of @dearwhitepeople I said to myself, "Why am I not on this show? This is the kind of work I want to be making with brilliant minds like @jsim07". I am happy to report I am on the next season of #DearWhitePeople premiering Aug. 2 on @netflix. Can't wait to hear what you think.
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Thank you @jsim07 for having me on your groundbreaking, brilliant show. It was amazing working with you and the entire @dearwhitepeople cast and crew. Can't wait for everyone to see the new season. #netflix #DearWhitePeople #TransIsBeautiful
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I am so excited to be in one of my favorite shows on television. You all must check out @dearwhitepeople's new season premiering on @Netflix August 2nd. Can you guess what kind of character I'll be playing? #DWP #DearWhitePeople #winchester #TransIsBeautiful
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I am completely in shock over this one. Wow! Thank you to my fellow actors in the Academy for this insane, incredible honor. I can't even believe it. Congrats to all my fellow nominees. I want to share this honor with all of the incredible trans actors and trans folks working behind the scenes in television right now. Your work is changing the world. I am so inspired by your talent and skill. I see you and love you all. ... #emmys #oitnb #TransIsBeautiful
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That time I was still feeling it after the club giving semi stank face. Is semi stank face a thing? I hope this frivolous post brings a smile to your face, gives you a reprieve from life's challenges so that when you return you are fortified to bring to the world what is uniquely needed from you. 🎶Juice🎶 by @lizzobeeating ... #TransIsBeautiful #throwback
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"Surrender but don't give yourself away." These lyrics came to me today as I start a new job and invite myself to be used by a force greater than my understanding. The process of surrender can be one of discovery. Oprah often says her daily prayer is, "Use me." That resonates deeply with me today. ... #TransIsBeautiful
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There's a tremendous amount of pain and struggle behind the joy and exuberance in this twirl gurl. ... #TransIsBeautiful
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A quick twirl before the meet and greet last night. ... #TransIsBeautiful
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Laverne Cox, Woolly Mammoth, and Joe’s Pub present a special reading of Lady Dane Figueroa Edidi’s FOR BLACK TRANS GIRLS WHO GOTTA CUSS A MOTHERFUCKER OUT WHEN SNATCHING AN EDGE AIN’T ENOUGH: A CHOREO POEM. Join us for an unforgettable night on Saturday, July 27, 2019 at 6:30pm at Joe’s Pub at The Public! Get your tickets here: http://bit.ly/ForBlackTransGirls. Link in bio ... #TransIsBeautiful #aCreativeDC #bythings #202creates #joespub #joespubnyc #ForBlackTransGirls #choreopoem #dctheater #poetry #supporttransartist - #regrann
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I have always been a ham. I am true to form here. 🎶Nails hair hips heels🎶 by @todrick Hair @bradleyirion Makeup @kilprity Dress @jonathansimkhai ... #TransIsBeautiful
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I am so grateful I got to watch last night's episode of #PoseFX with a group that included these amazing women at the viewing party at The Standard, Hollywood. @angelicaross turned in an epic performance in an episode that was pivotal for her character. I wept. I am so proud of you Angelica. As your character Candy Ferocity declared last night, you're a star! We've known this for a long time but now the world knows. ... Side note @beautybytayrivera beat my face around 7am yesterday. This photo was taken around Midnight last night after I took off my lashes and thought I was in for the night. Werk Tay! ... #TransIsBeautiful
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I have found it's easy for me to believe everything happens for a reason and is part of a divine plan bigger than my understanding when things are going well. But when they aren't, when disappointment, grief, mourning and dispair overtake me, it's really easy to fall back into familiar stories of "woe is me", "why me?" and "God, why has though forsaken me." But grief, disappointment, mourning and dispair are also part of a larger plan above my pay grade. My work is to feel the feelings, remind myself the pain won't kill me and eventually get to a place of acceptance so that I can fully receive the lesson. And perhaps biggest of all for me is that I don't have to go through it alone. I so want to go it alone. But I was able to get to the wisdom of this post today not because I asked for help (which I still need to work on doing) but because it was offered out of love. I am so grateful for my support systems. You know who you are. I love you! ... Photo by @cpizzello #TransIsBeautiful
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This photo reminds me of how I used to love posing for the camera as a kid and how I was extra and over the top, before I knew what those things meant, before those things would be shamed and policed out of me. Reparenting myself means in part unleashing and reclaiming that kid in me that was extra and too much so she can just be free, to be. Photo by @sophyholland ... #TransIsBeautiful
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Starting over yet again. The SATC2 movie is on. Who knows which episode of #SATC, "starting over yet again" is a reference to. You can give plot points or the episode title. Discuss. ... #TransIsBeautiful
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Just two girls out on the town. ... #TransIsBeautiful #PoseFX #oitnb
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Thanks @mattmcgorry for this. When I met @virgietovar over a year ago I was blown away by her brilliance and how her perspective encouraged me to think differently about diet culture, body positivity, fatphobia and so much more. Just ordered Virgie's book because of this post. I should have gotten it over a year ago but better late than never. Thank you Virgie for your vital work. ... Reposted from @mattmcgorry - "You Have The Right To Remain Fat" by Virgie Tovar ( @virgietovar ) # Wheeeeeeewwwww. This is a tiny book but it packs such a huge punch. Every sentence is a gem and every page a manifesto that breaks down fatphobia and other intersecting forms of oppression with precision. I frequently found myself nodding my head (perhaps too aggressively) as I read along, and excitedly sharing excerpts with my friends. This will definitely be one of my go-to books to recommend for people interested in understanding anti-fatness and how it is a necessary part of social justice. Just read a few of the pages and you can see why for yourself. I think it’s also an important read for people that are interested in body positivity whose bodies may not be the *most* marginalized. As with any other movement for social justice, those of us with more privilege need to be intentional with our practice of allyship. Learning about how we have privilege, even when we are working through our own struggles with body image, is essential to making sure that the most marginalized are not left behind. As this has been the case with many social justice movements over the course of history. ❤️ # My Booklist: bit.ly/mcgreads (link in bio) #McGReads - #regrann
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#RealHairDontCare. #nomakeup #nofilter #TransIsBeautiful
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Today I am on land that was stolen from the Gabrieleño aka the Tongva people. My ancestors were brought to this country as slaves. And in this photo I am dressed as the Statue of Liberty. The awesome folks of @oitnb.tv altered the original photo surrounding me in American flags. In my left hand I am holding a tablet which reads, "Trans Is Beautiful" that the brilliant folks at @entertainmentweekly made upon my request for our cover shoot with them back in 2015. I just wanted this caption to state facts on this #4thofjuly 2019. And oh yeah I am holding a torch in my right hand. My good friend @jayknowlest calls me, "torch." ... #TransIsBeautiful #tbt #itscomplicated
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I recently had a major revelation about myself. I am an introverted person who can sustain moments of being extroverted for finite periods of time. I need lots of time to recharge myself after being extroverted. For my mental health and well being, its crucial for me to honor this fact about myself. ... While being extroverted last week for the Opening Ceremony for #WorldPride I ran into and met for the first time some pretty awesome people including the legendary model who happens to be trans @therealtraceyafrica, #Stonewall veteran @marksegalauthor and #MonicaHelms, the woman who designed the transgender flag. She is in the last pic. Swipe to see some of the other amazing folks I ran into who inspire me in so many ways. ... #TransIsBeautiful #pride #lgbtq #love
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What makes you feel free? . 🎶"Justify by @saro 🎶 . #TransIsBeautiful
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OMG I had such a wonderful time at the Opening Ceremony at World Pride! My remarks were received so powerfully and it felt so good to show off my #OlayBodyWashChallenge transformation in that moment. After giving it some extra love my skin feels so moisturized. I still can’t believe that I didn’t have to use anything but @Olay Ribbons to get this glow. Focusing on this aspect of self-care has made me realize that one small adjustment can make a huge impact on how we look, feel, and move through this world. Being fearless, confident and inspired brings me joy and I plan to keep this energy all summer! #OlayPartner
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Love this! Весёлого Прайда (Happy Pride!) Everyone, #TransIsBeautiful . Reposted from @shado.mag - To celebrate Pride Month, shado asked 6 of our brilliant global illustrators to create a captioned image which, for them, encapsulates what Pride means. . No. 3 by @ania_sini - “Your lives matter. Your voices matter. Your stories matter.” - Laverne Cox . #pridemonth2019 #pride🌈 #illustration #digitalart #womenofillustration #loveislove #loveisforeveryone #visualartwork #celebratepride
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Without a test there's no testimony. ... #TransIsBeautiful 📸 Taylor Miller
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I have a new song out called "Welcome Home" in collaboration with @smirnoffus #ad🌈 . Click on the link in my bio to listen to your pride weekend bop. 100% of proceeds from the song go to the @translawcenter. #TransIsBeautiful
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I am so excited to announce that in collaboration with @smirnoffus #ad🌈 I have recorded a song for #Pride called #WelcomeHome. The song is a remix produced by Eric Kupper, and girl, it's a bop. Click on the link in my bio to hear it. 100% of proceeds from the song go to @translawcenter. Весёлого Прайда (Happy Pride). #TransIsBeautiful
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Sharing this magical moment onstage at the opening ceremony for World Pride Wednesday night with @theebillyporter and @angelicaross. I mean come on!!! #LegendaryChocolate #worldpride #TransIsBeautiful #PoseFX #oitnb #
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I am so humbled and honored I got to have this conversation on @bet this week. Thank you @marclamonthill @giapeppers, @jameerpond and the entire #BlackCoffeeLive family for the nuanced dialogue and for welcoming me with so much love. All I want to do is spread love and acceptance so that we can all stay alive and thrive. And the trans woman I refer to in the interview, her name is actually Mercedes Williamson. I misspoke in the moment. #RIP #mercedeswilliamson #SayHerName #TransIsBeautiful #blackexcellence
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Весёлого Прайда everyone! #ad @SmirnoffUS and I are here to celebrate #Pride this year with everyone. It doesn’t matter what you look like, where you live, what your background is or who you love. Be strong, be resilient and be you. Smirnoff is showing you who they are by putting their passion for inclusivity at the forefront of their campaigns and initiatives like continuing their pledge to support the fight for equality alongside longtime partner @humanrightscampaign. Tell me who YOU are! #transisbeautiful #love
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I felt amazing last night at the opening ceremony for #WorldPride wearing Dress @alexandrevauthier, jewelry @deborahpagani @uncommonjames, shoes @ruthie_davis Makeup @theladydeja Hair @bradleyirion Styled by @christinajpacelli ... Thank you to everyone I met last night who was so amazing. The love was palpable. Your love lifted me up in ways I can't even begin to express. The love you show me on this page is life sustaining. Thank you all so much! Thank you to everyone who has come to NYC from all over the world to celebrate LGBTQ+ folks. Happy Pride! ... #TransIsBeautiful
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What an incredible moment last night! I got to meet some of the amazing members of the legendary house of LaBeija. Then I became an honorary Labeija. That's crazy! Thank you so much @iamleggoh and the entire @thehouseoflabeija. The love last night was palpable at the opening ceremony for #WorldPride ... Reposted from @iamleggoh - The Honorary Laverne Cox LaBeija!!! @lavernecox The Honorary Shangela LaBeija (Shangela been Honorary Tho) @itsshangela Welcome to The House of LaBeija!!! @thehouseoflabeija #lavernecox #laverne #shangela #pride #worldpride #lgbt #lgbtq #qpoc #gay #bi #trans #lesbian #nyc #labeija #houseoflabeija #thehouseoflabeija - #regrann
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Walking into the Governor's reception ahead of the opening ceremony for #WorldPride. #TransIsBeautiful
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Got to visit the @hm store in #TimesSquare last night. #StayTrueStayYou . #PRIDE #ad🌈
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On July 26th we say goodbye. Season 7 trailer for @oitnb out now. #oitnb
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Thank you BET's #blackcoffeelive for having me this morning, for the robust dialogue and for all the fun. Everyone please check out the entire episode. So grateful to be able to engage in loving discourse with awesome folks like these. ... #TransIsBeautiful #pride #BlackTransLivesMatter #BlacklivesMatter
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The show must go on. So grateful I love my job. The official photo shoot soundtrack is playing. @bradleyirion did my hair and is providing the wind. @merrellhollis beat the face and @christinajpacelli styled me and is shooting the video. Team work makes the dream work. I love you all for your love and support. That's to my team and to all my friends who follow me. I love you all so much! ... Dress @alc_ltd, earrings and choker @deborahpagani, rings @bemylilou ... #TransIsBeautiful #pride
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Taste the 🌈. Last night I wore: Dress @naeemkhannyc, jewelry @auratenewyork Hair @bradleyirion Makeup @merrellhollis Styled by @christinajpacelli ... #TransIsBeautiful
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My look for @bet #BlackCoffee with @marclamonthill this morning. The conversation was LIT. Photo by @merrellhollis ... Top and skirt @monsemaison, earrings @alexisbittar and @bemylilou hair @bradleyirion makeup @merrellhollis styled by @christinajpacelli ... #TransIsBeautiful
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Last night was magical celebrating #WorldPride with @marriottintl and elevating the vital work of @immigrationequality and @videoout. Please look into the work of these amazing organizations. #ad ... #LoveTravels #TransIsBeautiful
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@thekyledraper and I have broken up. After much soul searching and tears from both of us, we have decided it's time for us to go our separate ways. We decided we should make a public statement since our relationship was public in ways neither of us anticipated. This is that public statement. We know our relationship meant so much to so many people, especially trans folks, giving them hope that this kind of love is possible for them as well. That hope, the hope for love has not waned for me in the face of this breakup but rather is fortified. Knowing that we are both capable of giving and receiving love with this level of kindness, respect, trust, affection, depth, and intensity has been so healing and life affirming for us both. I am so grateful we were open to love and for every moment we had together. We have both grown in innumerable ways as a result. Now its just time to move on separately. We both want a breakup that honors and respects the quality of our relationship and the love we shared. Its possible.
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Congratulations @aaron___philip on your iconic @papermagazine cover! Werk! ...
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Onstage tonight at #ATTShape introducing @elizabethbanks. ... #TransIsBeautiful
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What a wonderful talk I had with @elizabethbanks for AT&T Shape today. Love you Liz ... I am wearing: Dress @toni_maticevski, earrings @cultgaia, cuffs @monicavinader Makeup @adamchristophermakeup Hair @kendragarvey Styled by @christinajpacelli ... #TransIsBeautiful
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It is time for a skin update! I’ve been so busy traveling and attending events that I can’t believe it is has already been a week of not moisturizing post-shower! I’m so used to being concerned about my dry skin and worried that I didn’t use enough lotion, and spending so much of my time reapplying. Glad that I’ve started to see some changes in some of the dry patches and ashiness on my legs, especially my knees. They're starting to feel more smooth, and I’ve noticed they’re not really ashy after I get out of the shower. So far I really like the way the @Olay Ribbons products feel on my skin. (The lavender oil scent is super lovely and calming), and I’m super excited to see if I can get this skin glowing and hydrated by day 14 just in time for my fearless moment! #OlayBodyWashChallenge #OlayPartner
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#TransIsBeautiful photo by @tracelysette
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Sometimes you have to remind yourself that you're that B, especially when you're feeling anything but, especially then. ... #TransIsBeautiful #nofilter #nomakeup
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You must watch til the end. This is my inspiration to work even harder. Hopefully it will be for you as well. No matter what your discipline it takes this kind of discipline. ... Reposted from @skylarbrandt - Freaky Friday with @jacekmysinski on the keys 🎹 #swanlake #rehearsal #findingbalance #ABTMet19
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This entire interview was so moving. Thank you @ourladyj for your courage, your talent and your activism. Love you girl! ... Reposted from @hollywoodreporter - "I don’t know if there is ever going to be a cure, but in the meantime what we can do is at least remove the shame." #PoseFX writer and musician @ourladyj explains that taking away stigma is the idea her HIV activism is rooted in. Watch the full episode of #MagicHour - link in bio. Videographers: @vincepatrick/@eehugs Director: @jenlaskiphotovideo -
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@janetmock dreams big. The announcement of her overall deal with @netflix this week is a reminder that we as trans people, we as women, we as people of color, we as all of us who are human must have the courage to dream bigger, to imagine a world, spaces, access that didn't exist before. I imagine Janet will be creating stories for Netflix that many of us are living in the real world but have yet to see on our screens. That takes a lot of courage, which takes a lot of vulnerability. Thank you to everyone at Netflix who said yes to this happening. This is the kind of courage we need to see from more people in power to bring more voices to the table. Thank you Ryan Murphy for mentoring this brilliant, intentioned dreamer. But this started with Janet, dreaming bigger, being excellent, being really good at what she does, having clear intentions and manifesting those intentions with consistent actions. Thank you Janet for continuing to inspire us all to dream bigger and congratulations girl! Werk! #TransIsBeautiful #girlslikeus ... Reposted from @strongblacklead - Today, @janetmock makes history as the first Black trans woman to establish an overall deal with a major studio. “...there's potential to introduce hundreds of millions of viewers to trans people, and showing people who may not understand us, that we can tell our own stories." - #regrann
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Doesn’t matter if you’re French, Dutch, or English #ad – everyone’s welcome this #Pride. @Smirnoffus continues their pledge to longtime partner @humanrightscampaign to donate nearly $1.5 million dollars by 2021!
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Swipe to see what I told @voguemagazine about one of my favorite pieces of queer literature, #AudreLorde's #SisterOutsider. I continue to get so much from this vital work. Click on the link in my bio to see what my colleagues said. Happy #Pride
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#bts of my pride shoot for @prism. #TransIsBeautiful ... Reposted from @beautybytayrivera - #BTS @lavernecox giving you LIFE! Celebrate Your Pride 🌈 @prism @netflix How do you lean into your power? Makeup by @beautybytayrivera Hair @kimblehaircare Photo/ video by @irrisrray #TransIsBeautiful #lavernecox #beautybytayrivera #kimkimble #celebratepride #pridemonth #loveislove #celebrateyourself #promakeupartist - #regrann
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So grateful for clarity and perspective today. I am grateful for therapy and the work I have and am doing to build shame and trauma resilience. I am grateful for family today, birth and chosen family.. What are you grateful for today? ... #TransIsBeautiful
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My heart is overflowing with joy witnessing the beauty, power and talent on this cover. #pride #TransIsBeautiful #nonbinaryisbeautiful #LGBTQ+ photo by @sophyholland
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I am always excited and nervous when I have the privilege to show up for myself and for my community. I get to show up again for a special event ahead of the opening ceremony for World Pride in NYC June 26 and I want my skin looking its best. Since my skin is perpetually dry and ashy, I've partnered with @olay body - a partner for World Pride - to do the #OlayBodyWashChallenge to transform my dry skin in time for my upcoming fearless moment at the opening night of World Pride in NYC! For the next two weeks, I'm switching up my routine and cannot wait to share my journey with you. #OlayPartner
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Go and support my friend @qingjaila and her powerful new single "Won't be erased." We are simultaneously celebrating pride and mourning the deaths of 5 trans women of color this month. Music can help us mourn, to heal. I heard Jaila sing this live at a recent rally for the lives of black trans women. Listening to this song helps me. Maybe it will help you. #WeWontBeErased . It's on spotify, apple etc. #TransIsBeautiful
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Reposted from @janetmock - I am wary about amplifying every loss, every death, every trauma enacted upon my sisters and siblings. I am aware. Very aware. We are more than what happens to us. We also make shit happen, too (from @leynabloom and @iamjarijones at Cannes and @indyamoore on ELLE and @mjrodriguez7 at the MTV Awards and @missmajor1 with House of GG and @soulfreedreams at @mpjinstitute and @tourmaliiine with @hbdmarsha and @fatfemme with Sephora and @wond3rwoman1 with NIKE and @theofficialtati with Equinox and @dominiquet.a.r.jackson on POSE) and are rarely given our flowers (or resources, or love, or care, or acknowledgement) when we are here and alive to smell them. Often times I feel we are yelling into the wind, yearning for folks fighting for black lives, women’s rights, gender justice, LGBTQ equality to hear our cries. I’m weary of reminding my siblings who live daily with the threat of violence looming that they are in danger by amplifying another fallen trans woman. We are familiar with fear and I yearn for us to become intimate with creating and living and loving. Maybe this post can inspire a few of y’all to become echoes, igniting vital change in your parts of the world. So you are aware: 10 trans women of color have been killed or reported dead in 2019, half of them in June (PRIDE MONTH), according to @outmagazine’s @raquel_willis. - #regrann
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#BTS of the #yntcdmusicvideo with @taylorswift. #tallgirls #TransIsBeautiful #yntcd
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My look for my cameo in @taylorswift 's "You need to calm down". Hair: @cesar4styles Makeup @kilprity Styled by @christinajpacelli ... #TransIsBeautiful #yntcdmusicvideo #yntcd
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@taylorswift 's new video "You Need to Calm Down" is out. I have a little cameo in it with some pretty awesome folks. Thanks Taylor for having me. I'm trying to calm down. Go to the link in my profile to check it out. ... #TransIsBeautiful #yntcdmusicvideo #yntcd
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Yeah this is happening. ... Reposted from @taylorswift - Asked a few friends to be in the You Need To Calm Down video 😄 Out tomorrow at 8:15am ET -
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Still praying for better days. Thanks Mila for this jam. @themilajam ... #TransIsBeautiful
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More names. more murders of trans folks. #RIPZoeSpears . . Reposted from @theladydeja - 💔🖤💜 #RIPZoeSpears #StopKillingUs #TransLivesMatter
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I met @joslyn.defreece in 2011. We worked on an independent filmed called @carlathemovie together. The first photo is a still of us together on set. I have gotten to witness Joslyn's commitment to her craft as an artist first hand as she has faced the rejection so many of us face as actors and as human beings. But Joslyn has stayed in the love of the work, the passion for the stories she wants to tell and a commitment to getting better. Last night the second season of #StrangeAngel premiered on @cbsallaccess and Joslyn has a recurring role, her first TV gig. I am so proud of you girl and so inspired by you. Congratulations.
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Yesterday at work. Wearing: vintage @manfredthierrymugler blazer. @azzedinealaiaofficial skirt. Jewelry: @zaldivarparis @steferejewelry @h.crowne jewelry. Makeup @beautybytayrivera Hair @kimblehaircare styled by @christinajpacelli ... #TransIsBeautiful #bts #mugler #muglerized #thierrymugler
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So grateful I love my work. Work today was fun and moving. Thanks to my entire team. Makeup @beautybytayrivera hair @kimblehaircare styled by @christinajpacelli wearing vintage @manfredthierrymugler @zaldivarparis @steferejewelry @h.crowne ... #TransIsBeautiful
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#tbt. Circa 2015. #TransIsBeautiful
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Everyone, I implore you to swipe and watch @theebillyporter give an impromptu performance during the commercial break at the #TonyAwards on Sunday. It will just make you feel good and warm your heart. We need that right now. #BillyPorter #PoseFX
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Brings me so much joy to see my sister on the cover of @newyorkmag. Congrats @peppermint247 #TransIsBeautiful
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I did my own makeup, hair and styling again today. I felt that zen I used to feel back in the day when I would put on my makeup as armor to go out into a world where I was far too often harassed and misgendered on the streets, in the subway or the delicatessen. To attempt to paint my face for filth means I have to slow down. When I slow down, my nervous system can remember that she has many resources of resilience forged not just from trauma but also from love, passion and the desire to get better at something, maybe even good at something. ... #TransIsBeautiful #pride
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#LAPride #TransIsBeautiful
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Had such a good time today at #LAPride supporting my friend @saro and @mateosound. Saro killed it in his set today. You MUST check out his music if you haven't already. What a wonderful day for pride and Mateo Sound! It was so awesome connecting with new and old friends today. Happy #pride #Saro #TransIsBeautiful
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Reposted from @levelforward - #TonyAwards | June 9 | 8PM ET @cbstv ———————————————————————————- #GunNeutral thanks @thetonyawards for shining the spotlight on and acknowledging gun violence survivors and advocates during the @oklahomabway performance on the Tony Awards #2019 broadcast! • These are the gun violence survivors and advocates who will appear on stage at the Tony Awards during the performance by the company of Broadway’s Oklahoma! . . . #theater #storytelling #impact #Awards #inspire #change - #regrann
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After @jo's concert last night I came home singing, dancing and just lit up, feeling sexy, powerful and inspired. 🎶"Only got just one life this I've learned Who cares what they're gonna say." 🎶 ... Hair, makeup and styling by me. #TransIsBeautiful
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One of the most painful things I have witnessed is seeing my trans siblings disparage our nonbinary siblings. It truly breaks my heart. I have learned that whenever I feel the need to disparage, demean or make fun of someone else there is something about myself, my own insecurities, internalized shame I must get curious about and process. Again we cannot allow structural oppression to pit us against each other. Nonbinary people are not a threat to the well being of binary identified trans people. It might feel confusing as categories seem to constantly be expanding. But they aren't, we are just finally starting to acknowledge folks who have always been here, that previous categories and language have left out. Gender equity means all of us. It's not always going to be comfortable. But I have learned that when I am uncomfortable that's when I have the potential for the most growth. ... I also have to constantly distinguish for myself the difference between discomfort and feeling unsafe. Being uncomfortable is not the same as being unsafe but it often feels very similar in my body. So I go into fight, flight or freeze mode often when I feel uncomfortable cause my body, my nervous system, experiences it as unsafe. Figuring out what the difference feels like in my body and addressing the past traumas that might conflate the two is crucial to my growth and evolution. For those of us who have experienced lots of trauma, this work is crucial to reduce everything being a trigger. .. Shout out to @alokvmenon on a billboard. Yes, yes, all the yes's #TransIsBeautiful #nonbinaryisbeautiful #nonbinary ... Reposted from @alokvmenon - still not over my queer brown bearded lipstick wearing gender non-conforming transfeminine face on these big ass billboards! thanks for snapping this @benlross x - #regrann
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The woman, the myth, the legend, @kingamiyahscott. I just ordered her book. Congrats on everything Amiyah #TransIsBeautiful ... Reposted from @kingamiyahscott - I can not express the joy I felt in this moment! I’ve been working on this project for so long and to finally have the 1st physical copy of my book #MemoirsOfAMermaid makes me sooo happy! I’m so excited for you guys to receive your orders which will be going out this week! Thank you for your patience, love and support ❤️🧜🏽♀️ I absolutely CANNOT WAIT for you to read!! ...and if you haven’t already ordered, you can use the link in my bio 😉 XO Amiyah
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Yeah I am about to fill my feed up with love for @poseonfx which returns on Tuesday. I have said that trans people loving and supporting each other is a revolutionary act in a world that wants to pit marginalized people against each other. I resist divide and conquer as much as I can by trying to celebrate and love on my trans family, my LGBTQ + family, my woman family, my people of color family, my fellow humans family (#intersectionality) as much as I can. (But with boundaries, of course. Cause as Ms. @brenebrown says you can't have authenticity without boundaries. But I digress. Lol). Join me in loving on the cast and crew of @poseonfx and let's extend that energy towards LGBTQ + folks who aren't on TV, who are struggling to survive and maintain dignity in a far too often, harsh, harsh world. #TransIsBeautiful ... Reposted from @angelicaross - [SWIPE] Did someone say POSE??? Oh yeah it was @mikeruizone for #emmymagazine @televisionacad!!! @poseonfx is back this TUESDAY night at 9pm ET only on @fxnetworks #PoseFX - #regrann
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I am someone who also grew up watching copious amounts of television and consuming media that did not include me or if it did in extremely exploitative and dehumanizing ways. My heart is filled with so much joy seeing the @poseonfx family populate my feed, televisions, magazines, billboards, red carpets with trans women, trans women of color, lgbtq+ people of color living their dreams out loud and proud. Oh this is glorious!! Its particularly glorious as trans lives remain under attack in public policy and on the streets, as trans folks particularly trans women of color continue to be murdered at alarming rates. We need you right now @poseonfx. We need everyone seeing the beauty and humanity of everyone else. @janetmock and @theellenshow together. THIS RIGHT HERE!! #TransIsBeautiful
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Thank you @jlo for another amazing show. I was still singing and dancing on the way home feeling like I can do anything. #itsmyparty #jlo
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#datenight ... #TransIsBeautiful
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When I do my own makeup, hair and styling. #tbt last Sunday night in NYC ... #TransIsBeautiful
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#TransIsBeautiful. Trans people are anointed and magical ... Reposted from @theofficialtati - Equinox: For every post made in the month of June using #PoweredByPride or a Life’s A Ball GIPHY sticker, a dollar will be donated to the House Lives Matter (up to $20,000) Dancers: Legendary ICON Sinia Azzedine Alaia @siniabraxton Legendary ICON Leiomy @wond3rwoman1 Legendary Tamiyah Miyake Mugler @kitten_gunz Legendary Veronika Miyake Mugler @its_veee Legendary Jasmine Prodigy @chynabadaxx Legendary Asia Balenciaga @born_blondi3 Up N Coming Legend Tati 007 @theofficialtati #LGBT #PRIDE #EQUINOX @equinox #PoweredByPride #HouseLivesMatter @tyrellhampton Tag #PoweredbyPride and @equinox will donate $1 to #HouseLivesMatter, whose mission is to improve health & wellness, build community alliances, and provide leadership mentoring
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The radiant@angelicaross and her beautiful mother at the @poseonfx premiere last night. You can reconcile with your children. You can love them for who they are. ... #TransIsBeautiful #blackandtrans #Pose
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#bts of my shoot for @smirnoffus. #ad This look made me feel like dancing like I was in a 1950s Hollywood musical. #WelcomeHome #Pride #LoveIsLove #TransIsBeautiful
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I have often found that leaning into the things that make me uncomfortable, leaning into vulnerability becomes a source of power for me. @netflix and @prism want you to celebrate your power for #pride. How do you lean into your power? Photo by @irrisrray for @prism ... #TransIsBeautiful
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#Pride isn’t just a party, it’s a home that accepts everyone! #ad🌈 🏩 My friends at @SmirnoffUS and I welcome you ALL home with open arms and, of course, vodka! 🍸 This year is the 50th anniversary of the 1969 Stonewall uprising and it’s important for all of us to not only mark how far we’ve come, but what we can do to support our family moving forward, especially the most marginalized among us. I encourage each and every one of you to reach out to those around you and celebrate together with love and empathy in action. Smirnoff is taking action alongside us with HRC, their longtime partner, and are on their way to donating almost $1.5 million dollars by 2021 #cheers #WelcomeHome #Pride #LoveIsLove #TransIsBeautiful
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It's pride month, an historic one. As we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall uprising, (an act of resistence against state sanctioned police violence against the LGBTQ+ community in 1969), another black trans woman has been found murdered. Trans folks are simultaneously more visible than we have ever been before and the rates of violence against us are not decreasing. We must be able to hold both these realities at the same time. Both things are true. Chynal Lindsey will not be celebrating #pride with us this year. Once again we find ourselves enraged, afraid for our own safety and deeply sad at the passing of another of our sisters. RIP #ChynalLindsey ... Reposted from @hopedisguised - Muhlayshia isn’t even part of the earth yet and here we have yet ANOTHER BLACK TRANS WOMAN IN DALLAS SLAIN! When will it stop? How does it stop? What do black trans women have to do to make you #stopkillingus - #regrann
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More of this please! Congratulations @msisisking and @ava and the entire cast and crew of #WhenTheySeeUs On the multiple impacts of this important work. ... Reposted from @msisisking - So seeing a conversation like this taken place amongst black men is so important. Did you know that black trans women have the average life expectancy of only 35 years old? Even if you don't agree, we atleast need your protection. Black men, respecting trans women DON'T MAKE YOU GAY. I'm so honored in being apart of a story that helps shine light on the family aspect of this topic. Thank you @the.root @strongblacklead . @ava @pinkhammerentertainment @niecynash1 @jharreljerome #BlackTransLivesMatter -------------------------------------------- @WhenTheySeeUs is now streaming on @netflix ❤❤❤❤ - #regrann
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Congratulations @jazzjennings_ on not just graduating from high school but on being the valedictorian of your class and accepted into Harvard. Just amazing!. I'm so proud of you! When I think about what you have accomplished while being a very public figure your entire life, I know it wouldn't have been possible without the unconditional love and support of your family. With the love and support of parents and family being trans need not be an obstacle to success. I hope this accomplishment will inspire LGBTQ + kids everywhere to value their educations and healthy striving for excellent. Congratulations again Jazz and congrats to your entire family. #TransIsBeautiful
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Haven't been to 6 flags since third grade. Yesterday was so much fun with my girls. Love you all so much! ... #TransIsBeautiful #COTS
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Reposted from @themilajam - I 💚my CoTs with all my 💚 1st one for the books⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ We love u @tracelysette. @lavernecox @theladydeja @mjrodriguez7 @malsondo @theladydeja @jayknowlest @peppermint247 #cots #counciloftranssisters #girlstrip #sistersquad #sisterhood #jamazing #happypride #pride #transisbeautiful - #regrann
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So @thekyledraper clearly wins here. I mean one handed, come on!!🔥🔥 I also acknowledge the very poor form in my sad cartwheel but I am just happy I can still sort of do one. That's really the win. 🤸♂️🤸♂️ ... #TransIsBeautiful
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A week after I fractured my foot and sprained my ankle, I shot this campaign. I was determined to give my all even though I couldn't walk. #StayTrueStayYou ... @hm 's pride collection is available in stores and online now. For every item purchased, 10% of sales from the collection will be donated to the @free.equal campaign, which supports fair and equal rights to members of the LGBTI+ community Happy Pride everyone! #TransIsBeautiful #hmpride #sponsored
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#fbf. Thanks @theladydeja for reminding me of this moment. May 29th is my birthday but it's also the day my @time magazine cover was revealed in 2014. We had a little shindig to celebrate both. It was amazing having all these trans women in one room together. Thank you ladies for the love, support and sisterhood over all these years. ... #TransIsBeautiful #GirlsLikeUs
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All emotions, even those that are suppressed and unexpressed, have physical effects. Unexpressed emotions tend to stay in the body like small ticking time bombs—they are illnesses in incubation. Marilyn Van M. Derbur,
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"Stay true, stay you." Every day I have to take time to reaffirm the truth of where I am in the moment. That truth must not be suppressed, numbed or denied but acknowledged and accepted. It's not always pretty but it's the truth, my truth. Some days I do it better than others. Progress not perfection. ... For every item purchased, 10% of sales from @hm s pride collection will be donated to the @free_equal campaign, which supports fair and equal rights to members of the LGBTI+ community. ... #TransIsBeautiful #hmpride #HMxme #sponsored
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Oh Facebook memories! I wrote this in 2013 a day after my birthday, before my life would change dramatically with the premiere of @oitnb 2 months later. The sentiment I expressed then feels even more poignant today, a day after my birthday. ... I have realized lately that the challenge isn't finding love but rather receiving the love that's already in my life. I am so overwhelmed and deeply moved by all the love all of you showed me on my birthday yesterday. I am slowly beginning to believe that I deserve all that love not because I am so special but because we all do. I have drunk the "I don't deserve" Kool-aid too long. "Because I am black, because I am trans, because I am from a working class background I don't deserve acceptance, love to thrive and live my dreams." All the love I got from you all yesterday that l I allowed myself to receive helps to de and reprogram all that mess. Thank you all. I know I can't possibly express what your love, support and friendship means to me. ... #TransIsBeautiful
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When I moved to New York City over 20 years ago, I remember going to a very different Times Square and imagining my face being up on one of those iconic billboards. Today my face is back up in Times Square for the new @hm pride campaign. "Stay true, stay you." It's so special to me that it's for pride, the 50th anniversary of the #Stonewall uprising. For decades trans people have been pushed to the margins in a fight we helped to start. I always marvel when I see trans people as visible and as celebrated as we are in this current moment. This moment in our movement is unprecedented. We cannot let our beautiful lights, our magic be dimmed by the attacks on our existence from our government and our fellow citizens. We will continue to fight the systems that seek to erase us and shine in all our glory. This little light of mine, I'm gonna let it shine. ... #TransIsBeautiful #WeWontBeErased #HMPride #HMxme #sponsored
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I am so excited. @hm 's Pride collection is available in stores and online today. I am so honored to be a part of this campaign. Tag me in photos of you in pieces from the collection and I just might share the photo on my feed. Stay true. Stay you For every item purchased, 10% of sales from the collection will be donated to the @free_equal campaign, which supports fair and equal rights to members of the LGBTI+ community. ... #TransIsBeautiful #hmpride #HMxme #sponsored
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A little birthday dip. Now I need to to go bed to wake up insanely early tomorrow for work. Thanks for all the birthday love. Thanks @thekyledraper for shooting the video and more. ❤❤❤❤
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It's my birthday. I am so grateful for another year and for all your love and support. Thank you also to everyone who has gone to ProtectTransHealth.org and left a comment saying that discrimination against trans people in healthcare is unacceptable. If you haven't done so yet click on the link in my bio to leave a comment. Also please consider making a donation to TransJusticeFundingProject.org to support trans and gender nonconforming lead organizations all over this country that provide vital services for trans people in local communities all over this country. This support would be an amazing gift to me on my birthday. Check out my previous IGTV post for more on TransJusticeFundingproject.org. ... #TransIsBeautiful #Birthday
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Thank you to everyone who has gone to ProtectTransHealth.org and left a comment saying that discrimination against trans people in healthcare is unacceptable. Also please consider making a donation to TransJusticeFundingProject.org to support trans and gender nonconforming lead organizations all over this country that provide vital services for trans people in local communities all over this country. This support would be an amazing gift to me on my birthday.
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Thank you @goodmorningamerica for sharing these excerpts from my commencement address to the graduating class of @pitzercollege 2019. ... "Don't give up before the miracle." ... #TransIsBeautiful
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"Finding ways to get out of unhealthy relationships is crucial. I know for me I stayed in unhealthy relationships for years because I didn't think anyone else would love me because I'm black and I'm trans. And that is not true. I'm lovable and worthy of a healthy relationship. We all are." Rest in Power #MercedesWilliamson ... Thanks @westanlavernecox for posting this. I had not seen it before. ... #TransIsBeautiful #love
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Congrats @bonke.abantu on this beautiful groundbreaking ad. #TransIsBeautiful ... Repost from @bonke.abantu - I shot this ad for @gillette and wanted to include my father, who has been one of my greatest supporters throughout my transition, encouraging me to be confident and live authentically as my best self. With the help of Gillette, I was able to share an important milestone in every man's life with my father. This moment overwhelmed me during filming and again today seeing the ad since it's been launched. I'm keenly aware of how blessed I am to be able to exist in this world being supported by my family in ways that all too often many of my trans brothers, sisters, and siblings who exist outside the binary are not always as fortunate. I am confident that this ad will encourage many of my trans siblings and fill them with the knowledge that our existence in this world can be filled with the love and support we deserve. Be good to yourselves. Love yourselves. And know that when you greet the world with love, it can and will love you back, often in the places you least expect. I love you greatly. #MyBestSelf
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Thank you for this @qingjaila. This brought tears to my eyes. We won't be erased. Listen to this woman sing y'all. ... Reposted from @qingjaila - Long post alert. SWIPE LEFT Rarely do I do this. But rarely do we live in times such as we do. “These are the best of times, and the worst of times.” As my siStar Laverne , spoke so fervently this past Friday evening in downtown LA, so many thoughts swirled around in my head. Feelings of anger, disgust, shame....Simultaneously coexisted with feelings of hope, community, unity,and above all,...love. I listened eagerly, as she offered words of wisdom to my sisters, and allies. Here we are, 2 black trans women who were given a chance by a black man, that resulted in blessings beyond comprehension. Yet, here we are, 2 black trans women, assembled to mourn the loss of our sister, who was beaten and murdered by a black man.... We can’t gather to celebrate our accomplishments, we aren’t often afforded the opportunity to commune under good circumstances. Instead, we are forced to reckon with the cost of living freely. We are forced to watch fallen angels transition yet again, as they now sit with ancestors, AS ancestors. Gone all to soon. While in that place....being forced.....i had to take in the moment in its totality. Though we are forced, i recognized that we ARE A FORCE. To my sister @lavernecox : i celebrate u today. I give u your flowers while u yet breathe. You have elevated our community to heights that many of our predecessors could only dream of. With all of the accolades, u continue to advocate on our behalf. You’re a gleaming example of what it means to never forget where you’ve come from. I know that it may not be easy at times, to bear all that becoming an ICON entails, but your words, works, and light illuminate many dark days for your Sisters. Keep on shining, ascending, and soaring!!! We WILL be the wind beneath your wings. We love u and will love on u! To my friends, who are able to move and liv
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When I was a kid I used to dance around all the time. I got bullied and made fun of for it. The kids were pretty brutal. They still are but thank God I'm still dancing. 🎶 "Upgrade U" by the Queen @beyonce. B'day fans say, "Hey Mrs. Carter." I'm so cheesy and still dancing. ... #TransIsBeautiful
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Still in some vulnerability hangover after that crying video I posted. God, I have had the impulse to delete that video so many times. But I am leaving it up for today. I haven't read any of the comments on that video. What I have learned about vulnerability is that sharing it in unsafe spaces, to people who aren't safe is super dangerous to my mental and emotional health. So not reading comments on something that vulnerable is self preservation and self care. I shared it because I thought it was important, bigger than my insecurities. If by sharing my grief I gave 1 person space to grieve as well and begin to heal, it was worth it. I have gotten some beautiful messages from folks who have said that by sharing my grief it gave them permission to grieve as well. That's what I want to hold onto, not any potentially negative comments ... I am aware that there are some folks who are dismissive and worse of what I shared. As I think about that, the thought of what it means to have the courage to stand alone, to belong to oneself, in one's own truth and values comes up for me. And I thought about this solitary moment in the car on the way to the Met Gala earlier this month and this quote from #MayaAngelou came to me: "You only are free when you realize you belong no place — you belong every place — no place at all. The price is high. The reward is great" ... #TransIsBeautiful photo by @sophyholland
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Go to ProtectTransHealth.org to tell the Department of Health and Human Services that trans people should be protected against discrimination in healthcare
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Thank you, thank you, thank you! We love our Orange is the New Black fans so much!!!❤❤❤ Be sure to submit a video about how @oitnb has affected your life #OrangeForever. #oitnb
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Reposted from @theuwcofficial - For Immediate Release Contact: C. Chela Demuir, President/UWC (650) 336-8471 @theuwcofficial @ChelaDemuir WHO: Collaborating Organizations: Unique Woman's Coalition, FLUX, TransLatin@ Coalition, Gender Justice LA and Community Stakeholders WHAT: We are just past half the month and we have lost 3 trans people to hate motivated violence. In the U.S. there is an average of 2 hate motivated murders per month of Tran identified people. Black Trans women continue to lead the list in this escalating crisis an accounted for 19 of the 25 murders in 2018. This is special poignant in month of May, this month we celebrate Mothers, but three Mothers mourn their babies. 1) Michelle Simone, of Washington DC, was shot and later died at the hospital 2) Clair Legato, of Cleveland Ohio, was shot and later died of her wounds at the hospital 3) Muhlaysia Booker, Of Washington DC, was found dead on arrival in the streets of Dallas. The latter, Muhlaysia Booker, had made headlines after being beaten by a mob in Dallas in the month of April, many attribute retaliation as the motive for her murder early in the hours of Sunday. Muhlaysia had the courage to speak up against her attackers and even addressed the issue of violence against trans communities in a press conference in April. WHERE: Los Angeles CA City Hall WHEN:Friday May 24th at 6pm WHY:It is time that we begin to take action regarding the murders of Tran Black Women. Many times we post or talk about it but have not yet created a coordinated effort to make sure that there is a actionable step, a moment that can change the narrative. #instapic #theuwcofficial #Picoftheday #Lgbtq #Flux_ahf #GirlsLikeUs #BlackCEO #TransLatinaCoalition #GenderJusticeLA #valuetranslife #transpower #Protecttranspeople #Valuetranspeople #TUSC #whywemarch #GirlsLikeUsRock #uniquewomanscoalition #BlacklivesMatter #BlackExcellence #Pioneer #transisbeautiful #transgender #transrights #existLoudly #BlackTransLive
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This was supposed to be a fun, light video. I was going to put on some music and dance around to make myself feel better. That's why I am in a bikini. Then this song came on and this happened. ... It's insanely painful to keep reading reports of trans folks being murdered. My entire life, I feel like I have had to live with the reality of violence against trans people as if it's just something we have to accept but it's unacceptable. No one's life should be in danger simply for being who they are. But if you are a person of color, a trans pr gender nonconforming person or both this is so sadly the case. I know other trans folks and our allies have felt broken by these relentless attacks. Then the news today that the federal government will deny equal access to shelters for trans people experiencing homelessness. Sometimes you just have to cry. This video feels messy and weird especially with the wind and the bikini. But what's going on in this country, in the world is messy and weird. Let's give ourselves space to grieve, to be sad, to be messy in healthy ways. Then let's continue to plot how we are going to make change in our parts of the world, in our communities, in our hearts and minds and in our public policies that can end the structural and interpersonal violence that's taking far too many lives. ... #RIPMuhlaysiaBooker #RIPClaireLegato #RIPMichelleWashington aka #MichelleSimone #TransIsBeautiful #translivesmatter #BlackTransLivesMatter #transrightsarehumanrights
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Ok I legit cried when I saw this. You guys, the final season of @oitnb is coming July 26. Are you in your feelings like me? #OrangeForever #oitnb
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Back in the 1990s I owned this lovely book on the left. I was obsessed with @naomi. I still am (in a non-stalkery kind of way). I would sit and study that book and how she posed and made love to the camera. As I was slowly coming into my womanhood Naomi was a beauty beacon. I tried to walk like Naomi. I would attempt to answer interview questions in my bathroom mirror with Naomi's coy yet assertive British accent. I had a long straight weave parted down the center like Naomi but I never got even close to the magic that is Ms. Campbell. There is only one Naomi Campbel and she is perhaps more necessary now than she ever has been before. Naomi you are EVERYTHING!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
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I am so honored to be included in @hm 's pride campaign, "Stay True, Stay You" available in stores and online May 30 alongside @yummertime @rickeythompson and @nowthisisliving photographed by @lukegilford ... For every item purchased, 10% of sales from the collection will be donated to the @free_equal campaign, which supports fair and equal rights for members of the LGBTQ+ community. .. #ad #TransIsBeautiful #HMPride #HMxMe #WeWontBeErased #transrightsarehumanrights
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Thank you @nowthisher for making this video from excerpts from the commencement address I gave on Saturday at @pitzercollege. #TransIsBeautiful ... Reposted from @nowthisher - 'Language that is appropriate and fully inclusive is a matter of life and death' — Laverne Cox (@lavernecox) says we must include trans people when talking about reproductive rights 👏 - #regrann
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Muhlaysia Booker, another trans sister of color was taken away from us. I don't know what to say. The collective trauma of the repeated targeting, violent attacks and murders of our people makes me want to shut down to avoid being in a constant state of grief. A constant state of trauma, grief and grieving is not sustainable, yet the violence persists. The murders persist. What will it take to end the violence? Sending love to Muhlaysia'a friends and family. I am so sorry for your loss. #RIPMuhlaysiaBooker. Thank you @jayloo.00 and @felicitynoire for making me aware of this. #transrightsarehumanrights #TransIsBeautiful #stoptheviolence
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"Love is not something we give or get. It's something we nurture and grow. A connection that can only be cultivated between two people when it exists within each one of them. We can only love others as much as we love ourselves." -Brene Brown ... #TransIsBeautiful #love
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There are so very many challenges and reasons to be distressed by what's happening in the world right now but seeing openly trans folks of color in the cast of the new film #PortAuthority slaying the @festivaldecannes brings me so much joy. Congrats everyone! ... #TransIsBeautiful ... Reposted from @leynabloom - @festivaldecannes 🕊 -
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"Shaming is one of the deepest tools of imperialist, white supremacist, capitalist patriarchy because shame produces trauma and trauma often produces paralysis."-bell hooks ... "Empathy is the antidote to shame." -Brene Brown ... #TransIsBeautiful ... Hair @kimblehaircare and @kendragarvey Makeup @beautybytayrivera
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Shout out to everyone on my team. It takes a lot of people to make a career. My agents, manager, publicist, lawyer, business managers, stylist, makeup artists, hairstylists. Shout out to my friends, fans and followers. My team is nothing without you. Thank you all for being on my team. Yesterday I was on a set, doing essentially what I did in my bedroom in Mobile, Alabama growing up a poor, gender nonconforming black kid. Getting to live my dream of being a performer, my life long dream, is still so remarkable to me. That I get to be a performer with a purpose bigger than me is even better. My 9 year old self can't believe I have such a big team. She is like, "WOW!!!!!"😍💃😭 ... I have lived the part of my life that has encompassed being a public figure so very imperfectly but, of course no one is perfect. I have learned that part of being a public figure is that I will disappoint some people. I have disappointed many of you and quite possibly will again. I am doing the best I can, trying to balance being an artist with a purpose, with setting appropriate boundaries while tending to my psychological and emotional well being as well as my physical health. Far too often I still move through the world finding myself hijacked by past traumas and shame. But I can testify that with much hard work this has gotten better. I must shout out all the therapists I have had over the years and all those who have helped to guide me spiritually in my journey of healing. . . One of the things I am most grateful for today is that I remain teachable. It's not always comfortable (in fact it usually isn't) but I am still willing to listen and to learn, to grow, to change, to evolve. ... #TransIsBeautiful @ursulastephen hair @theladydeja makeup @christinajpacelli styling
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What a moving night celebrating LGBTQ+ representation on television commemorating the 50th anniversary of the #Stonewall Uprising. Thank you @paleycenter for inviting me to be a part of this evening. It was great to present with you @alancummingsnaps. Huge fan! ... Wearing: Bodysuit @laroxx, pants @andrea_fascinetto, earrings, ring and bracelet @jenniferfisherjewelry, bracelets @mounserstudio, clutch @dior Hair @ursulastephen makeup @merrellhollis styles by @christinajpacelli ... #TransIsBeautiful
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What a moving night celebrating LGBTQ+ representation on television commemorating the 50th anniversary of the #Stonewall Uprising. Thank you @paleycenter for inviting me to be a part of this evening. It was great to present with you @alancummingsnaps. Huge fan! ... Wearing: Bodysuit @laroxx, pants @andrea_fascinetto, earrings, ring and bracelet @jenniferfisherjewelry, bracelets @mounserstudio, clutch @dior Hair @ursulastephen makeup @merrellhollis styles by @christinajpacelli ... #TransIsBeautiful
21,625 Likes | 1819 days ago | 393
She's back. Feeling real grown today. ... #TransIsBeautiful #BeforeILetGo #glamroomchronicles #beyonce #Homecoming song " Before I Let Go" @beyonce #beforeiletgochallenge
16,921 Likes | 1820 days ago | 66
Just me and my mom in 2014 at the Creative Arts Emmys. I love you mother! #happymothersday
62,538 Likes | 1821 days ago | 390
Omg I totally forgot this even exists. This is a #throwback. I posed for @allure's nude issue back in 2015. God I love this photo. ... #TransIsBeautiful
11,688 Likes | 1821 days ago | 59
photo by @sophyholland ... #TransIsBeautiful
6,525 Likes | 1821 days ago | 35
#WithoutMom I would never have had the foundation to take the actions to make my dreams a reality. With barely any money my mom managed to buy tap and ballet shoes, dance costumes. She checked my homework after coming home from working 2 jobs and made me value educations much as she did. The church she insisted I go to every Sunday nurtured my spirituality and gave me another stage to cultivate my public speaking skills. I could go on and on and on. ... The world loses when we lose mothers. Join me in the fight to help end maternal mortality so that we never have to imagine a world #WithoutMom @rockefellerfdn
21,115 Likes | 1822 days ago | 167
The #selfie after doing a new exciting project today I can't wait to tell you about. .. #TransIsBeautiful #nofilter
20,524 Likes | 1823 days ago | 372
What would you do if you walked out of your hotel room and saw all of this going on? ... #TransIsBeautiful #MetGala #MetBall
15,257 Likes | 1823 days ago | 99
#tbt to the first Monday in May 2019. Not every day but some days, some moments, some photos or videos, something I have said or written makes me look at myself and say, "That's the woman of your dreams, that's the woman you dreamed about becoming." Thank you Lord God for the blessings!!! Photo by @sophyholland ... #TransIsBeautiful
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Opened my ig and this was the first thing I saw. The June 2019 cover of @elleusa, another milestone in your young career @indyamoore. Congratularions!!!. As June approaches and we celebrate the 50th anniversary of The #Stonewall Rebellion, I think about the queens, trans and nonbinary folks of color who fought back against police brutality that faithful night in 1969, to soon be marginalized within the movement they helped to found. Viewing your cover, Indya, in the context of that history makes my heart sing. #TransIsBeautiful ... Reposted from @indyamoore - We don't always have access to the tools we need to break wall, Tumbling down, to break ground & Reconstruct space invading infrastructure that is designed homogenously & exclusivity. so many of us use our hands, arms legs & feet, have died in the process too, Just to weaken these infrastructures enough so that people with tools and break them. I am so grateful for them- all the trans and gender non-conforming people who have attacked these walls, chipped and even broke part of the infrastructure down. I am so grateful for everyone within the infrastructures who have listened, watched, stepped out to see the people around these structures that have been marginalized and locked out for having different experiences & have helped to break down these structures of priviledge. There is so much more work to do- so much more listening so much more intentionality, & vindicational work that must be done for marginalized people. ELLE: @elleusa Editor in Chief: Nina Garcia @ninagarcia Photographer: Zoey Grossman @zoeygrossman Stylist: Charles Varenne @charlesvarenne Hair: Hos Hounkpatin @hoshounkpatin Makeup: Vincent Oquendo @makeupvincent Manicure: Marisa Carmichael @marisacarmichael
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@sophyholland directed this short film taking you inside our inspiration and preparation to attend the #MetGala for the very first time this year. Love you all! ... dress designed by @csiriano makeup @theladydeja hair @kiyahwright styled by @christinajpacelli DP: @caseyshowalter Editor: @mattposey__ ... #TransIsBeautiful #MetBall #fashion #art #love
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It was great to see you again last night Theo and to hear what you've been up to. It was one of the most special moments for me in a night of a lot of very special moments. .... Reposted from @theo__germaine - Laverne Cox has always been one of my biggest inspirations, and I’m sure that millions of people would say the same thing. I worked at my school’s LGBT Resource Center, and one year she came to speak one year as part of our programming, and I had the big big privilege of getting to meet her and introducer her to the audience. After the event, after inspiring and challenging the attendees, we got to chat a bunch as I helped her get back to her hotel room. Excitedly I said I also was an actor, or wanted to be, and we chatted about the business, finding side hustles, staying sane, and persevering when the industry is unkind or not presenting the opportunities we want. I didn’t really know what any of that was yet, because I wasn’t out of school yet. I carried all of her advice with me and I still do, every day, and I’m very grateful we got to meet. Some people and encounters can change your life or keep you going, when you don’t want to. I snuck away to NYC last minute for Met-related celebrations and lo and behold Laverne walked into the party I was attending! And I totally fanboyed out (apologies 😅) and she remembered me, and I said I was still pursuing acting and talked about what I had been doing a little bit and it felt surreal to come full circle! I don’t know what else to say besides I’m full of so much adoration and excitement. Thanks for doing what you do, Laverne; you inspire me to do what I love to do! It was so nice to re-meet you last night! Thanks for reading everyone! I really wanted l share this story! 🥰🥰🥰
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My first fitting with designer @csiriano who designed my #metgala gown. Click on the link in my bio to see our @voguemagazine diary about the process. Photo by @sophyholland ... #TransIsBeautiful #MetBall
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Click on the link in my profile to see what we shared with @voguemagazine about how my incredible team and I conjured the look for my first time at the #MetGala last night. .... Photo by @sophyholland. Dress by @csiriano. Makeup @theladydeja Hair @kiyahwright1 styled by @christinajpacelli ... #TransIsBeautiful #Metball
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My first #MetGala. OMG! Custom gown @csiriano, headpiece @rinaldyyunardiofficial, earrings @anabelachan, rings @levian_jewelry, shoes @kennethcole Hair @kiyahwright1 makeup @theladydeja styled by @christinajpacelli ... #TransIsBeautiful #MetBall #metgala
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My first #MetGala. OMG! Custom gown @csiriano, headpiece @rinaldyyunardiofficial, earrings @anabelachan, rings @levian_jewelry, shoes @kennethcole Hair @kiyahwright1 makeup @theladydeja styled by @christinajpacelli nails @erierilady ... #TransIsBeautiful #MetBall #metgala
26,471 Likes | 1826 days ago | 176
My first #MetGala. OMG! Custom gown @csiriano, headpiece @rinaldyyunardiofficial, earrings @anabelachan, rings @levian_jewelry, shoes @kennethcole Hair @kiyahwright1 makeup @theladydeja styled by @christinajpacelli ... #TransIsBeautiful #MetBall #metgala
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My first #MetGala. OMG! Custom gown @csiriano, headpiece @rinaldyyunardiofficial, earrings @anabelachan, rings @levian_jewelry, shoes @kennethcole Hair @kiyahwright1 makeup @theladydeja styled by @christinajpacelli ... #TransIsBeautiful #MetBall #metgala
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What a pleasure running into you last night and catching up @mxviv. For those of you who don't know, Mx Bond is a living legend and one of the foremost cabaret artists in the world who is also a brilliant writer and actor. You reminded me last night part of why I moved to NYC so many years ago. Just a few hours experiencing once again your wit, wisdom, freedom, brilliance and fearlessness, reconnected me to the scrappy tenacity peppered with a fierce sense of humor that helped me and folks like us survive in this city for so long. Thank you Viv for existing, for surviving and for carrying with you at all times the fierce, fearless queens, queers, trans folks and nonconformists who came before you and have stood beside you. You come as one but stand as ten thousand. Just felt inspired to celebrate you while you're still standing. So much love!!! ... #TransIsBeautiful #mxjustinvivianbond #voguemagazine pre #MetBall dinner
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Double your pleasure. Double your fun. ... #TransIsBeautiful
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When you get your makeup done by @theladydeja And your hair laid by @bradleyirion you'll be doing hair flips in the mirror too. ... #TransIsBeautiful #feelingthemones
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Thank you @nike. Thank you @cynthiaerivo for sharing this. There are many complicated issues @castersemenya800m's situation brings up about the ways in which gender and biological essentialism intersect with racism. They always intersect. But when I listen to Caster talk, I hear a young woman who just wants to run, train and be the very best. She just wants to do what she loves, what she was born to do. Caster is a winner. Nothing will alow her down. #IStandWithCaster ... Reposted from @cynthiaerivo - Thank you @nike for providing space for those who are brilliant and ridiculed for it. Truthfully I read what was being demanded of @castersemenya800m and was heart broken. I got a knot in my chest and was reminded of all the times I’ve been called manly or have been told I’m not soft enough, had my womanhood questioned because I’m predisposed to being muscular. This felt like the truest theft and violence on the body of a black woman and it hurt....hurts to the core... I didn’t really have the words to express it eloquently enough, i simply felt like crying. Then this came up in my best friends feed.. @caprihakeem you always know what I need, even when you have no clue. @castersemenya800m you are an elegant stream of power, and grace. You were born to triumph and so like this ad says “too bad” if they don’t want it to happen, it always will. I hope to meet you some day and if I do I hope to look you in your eyes and tell you, you are a beautiful marvel and may you always win every race, that’s what you were placed on this earth to do.
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This class and this teacher, @bradcalcaterra, changed my personal and artistic life. Thank you Brad for the beautiful gift of the work. ... Reposted from @thestudioact - @bradcalcaterra for HBO’s VICE segment on ACT OUT. #HBO #actout #thestudioact - #regrann
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Omg this #Throwback made me cackle. Thanks @4suretop for posting it. You have to watch til the end. This is some #bts footage from my first @lipsyncbattle ... #TransIsBeautiful #lipsyncbattle #flashbackfriday
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#fbf. So many good memories shooting @glammasters with @makeupbymario @kandeejohnson and @zannarassi. Love and miss you all. @michaelcostello was a guest judge on this episode. And @theladydeja 's beautiful hands are touching up this exquisite makeup she conceived and executed. All we really have are the moments we get to share hopefully with awesome people. These are some awesome people. ... #TransIsBeautiful #GlamMasters #bts
6,385 Likes | 1830 days ago | 56
#tbt #bts of my cover shoot for @nymag last year. @kiyahwright1 does amazing hair but also takes awesome photos. Thanks Kiyah for capturing this moment! ... #TransIsBeautiful
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Dressing room #selfie at the @udelaware. Thanks to everyone for coming out tonight and holding space for critical engagement and lots of love. ... #TransIsBeautiful
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#flashbackfriday to 2017 at the Creative Arts Emmys. I still love this dress so much. But this post isn't about the dress. ... When I got my second Emmy nomination in 2017, I quite honestly had this anxiety attack that flooded my nervous system and made it hard for me to function for weeks. But trust I functioned and got ish done. It was just more challenging. My nervous system was just on overload. My physical body was just overwhelmed so much more so than the first time I was nominated. I am still so grateful to you @uzoaduba for reminding me that these things are above my pay grade and I can turn it over to my higher power. That was so helpful. After my conversation with @brenebrown last week I was reminded that joy is the most difficult emotion to feel and experience. I was reminded that the active practice of gratitude (not an attitude of gratitude) but an active daily practice of gratitude allows us to be able to lean into joy. I was reminded that leaning into vulnerability (uncertainty, risk and emotional exposure as Brene Brown defines it) allows us to experience joy more fully. Thank you to all my fellow artists who thought my work was Emmy worthy. I am still insanely humbled by that. I have the utmost respect for what we do as actors. I love my fellow actors so very much. I love you all!!! ... For all the dream seekers out there, when the time comes that your dreams are coming true it may feel completely overwhelming, even though it's what you've always wanted and worked so hard for. Turning it over to a higher power and giving them the credit and an active daily practice of gratitude might help your nervous system be able to more fully RECEIVE the blessing. ... Side note: I am still the ONLY openly trans person to be nominated for a prime time acting Emmy. But I have a feeling this year I will no longer be the only one. I am so very excited about this possibility. ... #TransIsBeautiful #fbf
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Brava @miss_shalae. So gorgeous! And thanks for the shout out to #nigelshelby. We must change the world that still makes far too many lgbtq+ youth feel so hopeless they want to take their own lives. ... Please remember young people that you are beautiful, amazing and divinely made. No matter what anyone says you are love, loved and lovable. ... #TransIsBeautiful #beforeiletgochallenge #love
19,653 Likes | 1838 days ago | 155
#tbt. Still love this cover of @ladygunn. ... #TransIsBeautiful #throwbackthursday
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#transformationtuesday.. Looking back isn't always productive. But having a good understanding of from where we come can help put the present in perspective. I've come a long way baby. But in many ways I am still the same, sometimes confident, sometimes insecure, passionate, ambitious, nerdy and creative girl I have always been. I have so much more to learn and so much more growing to do and that makes me very, very excited. ... #TransIsBeautiful
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I am so happy and honored I got to lend my voice and thoughts to this new docu-series on the year, 1969. Check out the first of 6 episodes premiering tomorrow night on ABC.
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Kiss it, kiss it better baby. ... #TransIsBeautiful #loveislove
11,857 Likes | 1842 days ago | 163
Last night was my first night dancing again since I broke my foot in February. I feel so very blessed and grateful to dance again. I mean it was a house party not the Bolshoi but this morning I am reminded of @brenebrown's 10th guidepost to wholeheartedly living: "Cultivate laughter, song and DANCE. Let go of being cool and always in control." We lived this guidepost last night. Happy birthday @saro. Thank you and everyone in attendance for the vibe that got me dancing again. Video shot by @thekyledraper. So much more on my story. ... #TransIsBeautiful
1,862 Likes | 1843 days ago | 14
So proud of my good girlfriend @joslyn.defreece who has been working hard on the second season of #strangeangel for CBS all access. This is Joslyn's first recurring role on a TV series. This glorious moment for her took many years of HARD, unglamorous work on her craft and herself. Being present for Joslyn's journey is a testament to hard work, setting an intention and taking daily actions to manifest that intention. Finally it's a testament to things happening on God's time not ours. Follow Joslyn and check her out in the new season of Strange Angel on CBS all access. ... #TransIsBeautiful #COTS
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We never really know what's fully going on with people. There's often a story underneath what it is we think we see. Sometimes it feels like more than we can handle but our higher power, the universe doesn't give us more than we can handle. Right now I feel amazed at what my higher power thinks i can handle. ... #TransIsBeautiful #surrender #turningitover
17,237 Likes | 1843 days ago | 124
Reposted from @rizahmed - Today I’m feeling scared, defiant, and full of love for those that hate me. I’m feeling #PhenomenallyMuslim. So let’s play a game. Tag a friend if you often wonder how long it will be before they round up Muslims to deport, imprison, or worse. We need to wake up, guys. What’s at stake isn’t just the fate of Muslims, what’s at stake is much more fundamental and affects us all - a civilised society where we are all considered equally human. There’s something phenomenally wrong in our society when politicians and media outlets can spout anti Muslim hate with no consequences - except more votes and increased sales. This has to stop. And it can - but Muslims need more non Muslim allies. To confront Islamaphobia wherever you see it, to speak out against the incitement of violence against us as a group and against individuals like Ilhan Omar, against travel bans and illegal detention, against the apologists for right wing terrorists who butcher at prayer. Make a stand on the right side of history. Because history has taught us what darkness lies ahead if we don’t act now. This t-shirt is by the Phenomenal Woman Action Campaign and benefits CAIR, which defends Muslim civil liberties: www.phenomenalwoman.us. #PhenomenallyMuslim @phenomenal.ly - #regrann
10,846 Likes | 1843 days ago | 46
#Fbf Ah Facebook with its memories. This was six years ago with my dear friend @sirarigold. I was living for the low maintenance fantasy of this shake and go hat (aka wig). At $19.99 I had like 4 of them. Looks like I had been sweating too. But I was still cute. Ari was serving his fashion forward shirtless fantasies. Ari is battling cancer right now. Go to the link in my profile to help with his expenses if you feel so inspired. I love you Ari! : https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-ari-kick-cancer ... #TransIsBeautiful #flashbackfriday
72,998 Likes | 1845 days ago | 616
Me watching #Homecoming yesterday. Only the #Queen could get me to post such an unflattering photo of myself. So many feels! #Homecoming! #beyonce @beyonce
4,019 Likes | 1845 days ago | 30
Last night. #TheCallToCourage @brenebrown ... #TransIsBeautiful
5,717 Likes | 1846 days ago | 67
Wow! Tonight was super special for me. I got to chat with @brenebrown ahead of her @netflix special, "The Call To Courage." Her work helped save my life during a really dark time for me. Getting to do a deep dive with her, in front of a room full of people,about her own research was just heaven. I was insanely nervous and now I am just so incredibly happy I got to have this experience. Thank you so much Brene for your work and your generosity with me tonight. Thank you for everything!
34,467 Likes | 1848 days ago | 209
Tonight was awesome. Thanks to everyone I met and those I saw again after far too long. ❤❤❤❤. Happy Birthday @thelinabradford #TransIsBeautiful
3,532 Likes | 1848 days ago | 18
@samsmcconnell remarks tonight to @thelinabradford on her birthday were so unbelievably beautiful and reflect what so many of us experienced when we saw Miss Lina perform back in the day in the Big Apple. Thank you for inviting me to be a part of the festivities. Happy Birthday Lina! ... #TransIsBeautiful
15,392 Likes | 1849 days ago | 199
Kids, it's been a rough 24 hours with world events. But marginalized folks have always found ways to burst into song, to dance, to let out all of the built up tensions and stresses in our lives, in our bodies in the toughest of time. Let's release it, get it out in healthy ways and not take it out on each other. Sing, dance, move it through and out. ... #TransIsBeautiful #transrightsarehumanrights #WeWontBeErased song "Bad Guy by #BillieEilish @wherearetheavocados
65,485 Likes | 1850 days ago | 1,387
Today the ban against trans troops serving openly in the military goes into effect. please listen to veteran and trans woman Charlotte Clymer @cmclymer tell you how she feels about it. #TransIsBeautiful #transmilitaryban #WeWontBeErased #transrightsarehumanrights
11,093 Likes | 1851 days ago | 142
In Providence, RI to speak at Rhode Island College tonight. What an amazing week on the road! I am so grateful I get to share my story and some of the things I have learned along the way. I am also grateful for everyone I have gotten to share space with this week. Thank you for all the love. Giving it right back to you. Yes that's a chandelier coming out of the side of my head but I dig the pic anyway. Did my own hair and makeup today. Yes!! ... #TransIsBeautiful
9,400 Likes | 1852 days ago | 136
Good memories. Can't wait til I can twirl again. ... #TransIsBeautiful #nyfw #11honore
13,201 Likes | 1852 days ago | 138
This administration's ban on transgender service members will go into effect this Friday April 12, 2019. This administration has been targeting trans people from the moment they took power. I am joining @glaad in changing my profile picture to show support for trans people everywhere. I invite you to join us and do the same. Thank you! ... #TransIsBeautiful #WeWontBeErased #transrightsarehumanrights
7,199 Likes | 1853 days ago | 79
Go to the link in my bio to sign the petition to Free Alejandra ... from @translatinacoalition - Alejandra is still being detained by ICE after our requests for her release. She is a 44 year old trans activist being held in Cibola Detention facility. Her friends and family miss her. She needs to be free NOW!! SIGN THE PETITION IN OUR BIO! We need to show them that she has support here on the outside. She has been so excited to hear that people care for her story and want her free. We will be mobilizing next week as we submit these signature to ICE. Stay tuned. #TransPeopleDeservetoLive #wewillnotbeerased! #shutitdown #trans #queer #transisbeautiful #girlslikeus #non-binary #gendernonconforming #boyslikeus #transwoman #transmen #transdaily #lgbtq #transpride #transgender - #regrann
5,057 Likes | 1853 days ago | 12
Love these photos by @madamemoodle from today at Google Cloud Next 19. ... #TransIsBeautiful #googlenext19 #intersectionality #love #Empathy
3,058 Likes | 1853 days ago | 14
Thank you everyone who came out today to our session about diversity and inclusion at Google Cloud Next 19. I wish we had had more time for the q&a. I loved hearing from all of you! You inspire me. Thanks @angelovivo for the video ... #TransIsBeautiful #googlenext19 #intersectionality #love #Empathy
7,895 Likes | 1854 days ago | 33
Thank you once again @kerrywashington for being a fearless and fierce ally. Reposted from @kerrywashington - Nearly 8 in 10 #LGBTQ students experience verbal harassment in school. This silences youth, preventing them from thriving in school. This Friday, April 12, thousands of students will join the #DayofSilence, the largest student-led national protest in support of safe & inclusive schools, supported by @GLSEN. Please show your support by clicking the link in my bio http://glsen.org/silence - #regrann
53,009 Likes | 1856 days ago | 400
I finally own some vintage Mugler. I found this blazer online for next to nothing. The sleeves were just a bit short. I have long ass arms. My tailor @beatiebea extended the sleeves with some organza to mimic another Mugler blazer I recently found, since matching the vintage wool would be next to impossible. ... I started shopping in thift stores when I was in middle school. I still love vintage clothing and I love a bargain even more. The sense of history and hopefully timelessness in the right vintage pieces can be so very special. I think this blazer epitomizes that. I really am making an entire post about a jacket. But I honestly believe Thierry Mugler made some of the best jackets and women's suits ever. So yeah! Lol ... You're about to see me in this blazer all the time, ALL THE TIME, Like a lot. Quite possibly as early as Monday. Lol. Hopefully I can make it to Montreal for the Mugler exhibit before it ends in September. ... #TransIsBeautiful
8,351 Likes | 1856 days ago | 76
I had such a blessed week on the road meeting folks from diverse backgrounds all over the country. My travels continue tomorrow. I need a lot of time to recuperate and recharge. I need to spend lots of time alone. Learning to honor that has been a huge part of my work. Listening to ourselves and honoring what we need for ourselves is crucial to our growth and overall wellness. I am trying to listen to my body and honor what it is telling me today. ... #TransIsBeautiful
29,327 Likes | 1859 days ago | 404
I might not say it this way but this needs to be said. Thanks for saying it @hopedisguised . It's been quite a journey for me experiencing privilege the way I have the past several years. Most black trans women aren't living my life. We need to elevate, celebrate and protect those women. Hope is speaking truth for these women here so passionately. Please listen, ask yourself how you can do more and follow Hope
40,076 Likes | 1860 days ago | 704
Reposted from @indyamoore - Trans visibility is: The neglect of trans people & rejection of black trans people from black love & community is: repost • @angelicaross Another black trans woman was shot yesterday. Talk about people who “deserved more time to grow”. I think black trans women deserve more time to breathe and grow. I too once roamed the streets and count my blessings every day that I am still alive to tell the tale. I don’t care, I don’t care, YOU ARE NO HERO IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY IF BLACK LGBTQ* FOLKS CAN’T LOOK TO YOU AS THEIR HERO TOO. HOMOPHOBIA IS NOT A HEROIC TRAIT. PERIODT. [SWIPE] #BlackTransLivesMatter #AshantiCarmon #SayHerName
20,872 Likes | 1861 days ago | 189
A little #throwback just because. I will not look like this tomorrow and the rest of this week on the road doing my own hair and makeup. See you all later this week.❤❤❤❤ ... #TransIsBeautiful
83,299 Likes | 1862 days ago | 1,119
My message on this International #TransDayOfVisibility. I address the trans military ban, the beauty and power of trans people and more. Happy #TDOV #TransIsBeautiful #WeWontBeErased #transrightsarehumanrights #lavernecox
26,763 Likes | 1863 days ago | 199
When you're extra AF and bae knows how to hold his sexy AF pose. ... #TransIsBeautiful
13,904 Likes | 1864 days ago | 137
Going into the weekend like... .. What a week! She needs to rejuvenate! #TransIsBeautiful
81,221 Likes | 1864 days ago | 532
Jay Z and Beyonce accept the Vanguard award from GLAAD last night. Thank you and I love you!
3,564 Likes | 1865 days ago | 23
#tbt to my cover shoot for @backstagecast 2 years ago. I remember getting Backstage back in the day before I had an agent searching for auditions, looking for the next open call. So grateful to be working on a film today with incredible artists telling a story I am beyond passionate about. Can't wait to tell you all about it. ... #TransIsBeautiful #actorslife #throwbackthursday
17,618 Likes | 1867 days ago | 158
@beyonce singing Happy Birthday to @dianaross. There are not words for how iconic this is. Happy Birthday Miss Ross!
62,831 Likes | 1870 days ago | 434
This is NOT what I am wearing to do script work for two very different characters I get to be this week. One character is for what I believe to be a very important new film. The other character is for an audition. Having so much fun preparing for both. I am so grateful I still love doing the work. ... #TransIsBeautiful
25,765 Likes | 1870 days ago | 200
Caption this...
6,804 Likes | 1871 days ago | 51
#fbf to some excerpts from a video I got to do with fashion designer @viktorluna a few years back. So much fun! ... #TransIsBeautiful #viktorluna #projectrunway
57,698 Likes | 1872 days ago | 343
#tbt 2008 was a huge year for me. I did my first and second "Law and Order" that year, (a right of passage at the time for New York City actors.) I booked my first HBO show, the pilot of "Bored To Death" and I did something I never thought I would ever do. I competed on the VH1 reality show "I Wanna Work for Diddy." That's still 1 of the craziest things I have ever done and it changed my life for the better. Take a risk. Step out of your comfort zone but stay connected to who you are and your purpose when you do it. ... #TransIsBeautiful
26,788 Likes | 1872 days ago | 216
I just love a hoodie. They make me feel safe and cozy. When I am not working, I am almost always in a hoodie of some sort. That is if I am wearing anything at all. You know when I am at home I dont like wearing clothes. ... #TransIsBeautiful #selfie
4,881 Likes | 1874 days ago | 70
We had a good old time last night in Irvine Auditorium at the @uofpenn . Thanks to everyone who came and asked questions and lovingly engaged. After the talk I couldn't resist enjoying the acoustics of the hall with a little vocal portamento. Please tell me I am not the only one who does this? Lol ... #TransIsBeautiful
38,578 Likes | 1875 days ago | 297
That time you looked at me like that. ... #TransIsBeautiful #resourcing #love
7,127 Likes | 1875 days ago | 40
I have to slow myself down everyday and interrogate the messages I am saying to myself about myself. I have to be careful. Those messages become my reality. ... #TransIsBeautiful
22,086 Likes | 1876 days ago | 122
Not ready to let go of the weekend. With my sis @tracelysette ... #TransIsBeautiful #WeWontBeErased
60,934 Likes | 1877 days ago | 751
You are here for a divine purpose. You might not feel it right now but you have to survive so that you may fulfill that purpose. ... #TransIsBeautiful #WeWontBeErased
15,733 Likes | 1877 days ago | 188
It's a beautiful day in LA. Let's protect this beautiful planet. Climate change is real. We must act NOW to save this earth. ... #TransIsBeautiful
5,238 Likes | 1877 days ago | 65
"Shall I compare thee to a summer's day Thou art more lovely and more temperate" -William Shakespeare. ... Feels like summer in LA. See you poolside in a few. ... #TransIsBeautiful, song: "Please" by @saro
11,349 Likes | 1878 days ago | 73
When I was on the cover of @time magazine 5 years ago, it was a big deal that an openly trans black woman was on the cover of a major publication. In the 5 years since that cover many trans folks have graced the covers of magazines. In fact, openly trans folks are more visible now than ever before. But as trans folks continue to confront ideological, institutional, interpersonal and internalized oppressions that simultaneously threaten and deny our existence @indyamoore on the cover of @wmag is still a big deal. This unprecedented visibility has taught me that visibility is not enough, that visibility creates backlash and makes a group even more of a target. But I also know that going back to a time when trans folks could only exist in the shadows and on the margins is not an option. We have always been here and now more than ever we are insisting that we deserve equitable places in this world, in the light. I love you my trans siblings insisting on your right to exist. Congratulations Indya ... #TransIsBeautiful #IndyaMoore #Pose #Wmag
4,796 Likes | 1879 days ago | 45
"Everything we say to try to tear people apart, to demonize particular groups, set them against each other, that all has consequences, even if we're not the ones with our fingers on the trigger." Waleed Aly, The Project go to my igtv to see the rest of his powerful remarks after the terrorist attack in Christchurch, New Zealand. https://www.instagram.com/tv/BvCQ9VmFO8p/?utm_source=ig_share_sheet&igshid=1d7djwodd96gb
19,433 Likes | 1880 days ago | 242
Meanwhile inside your Netflix ... #oitnb #NailedIt #NetflixUniverse #TransIsBeautiful
23,680 Likes | 1881 days ago | 374
I celebrate myself, and sing myself, And what I assume you shall assume, For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you. - Walt Whitman "Song of Myself" ... Song #sucker by the @jonasbrothers ... #TransIsBeautiful #glamroomchronicles I'm healing, slowly but I am better. ❤❤❤❤
7,426 Likes | 1883 days ago | 65
We all deserve the fancier and finer things in life. Ask and you shall receive at #Netflix #snacks #NetflixUniverse #lavernecox #nicolebyer #karamobrown
11,862 Likes | 1883 days ago | 110
I love this Reposted from @nbcsnl - Pete Davidson, everyone. #SNL
11,102 Likes | 1884 days ago | 42
The International Women's Summit in Arizona was truly amazing. The exchange of love and positive energy was so tangible and life sustaining. Thank you to everyone. ❤❤🙏🙏
7,305 Likes | 1885 days ago | 54
My sis @themilajam is slaying once more. . #TransIsBeautiful ... Reposted from @themilajam - welcome to casting.👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 POWER: a concept video for Women taking over Male dominated spaces Thank u to my jamfam @kellenstancil @thejoshdrake ⚡️💚✊🏽
81,327 Likes | 1885 days ago | 512
Love this. #internationalwomensday #TransIsBeautiful
7,956 Likes | 1885 days ago | 289
I had the pleasure of sitting down with the Everythingness that is @rosariodawson for @harpersbazaarus's new podcast #DareISay. We discuss intersectional feminism, the bonds that unite us, and the silences that break us. Link in my bio: https://dare-i-say.simplecast.com/episodes/laverne-and-rosario-HbvZ68xi ... #internationalwomensday #IntersectionalFeminism #TransIsBeautiful #WeWontBeErased
10,851 Likes | 1886 days ago | 122
Before @theebillyporter's iconic #Oscars 2019 slayage there was #hectorxtravaganza who inspired the moment. RIP Hector. Reposted from @lunalens - Papa can you hear me? #HectorXtravaganza ❤🔥😊👏👑 - #regrann #ballroom #runway #legend #tbt #throwback
8,216 Likes | 1886 days ago | 62
#tbt last Friday at @chapmanu. This scooter has been a Godsend during this injury. Sending love to everyone finding ways to smile through their challenges and even more love to those who don't have the energy to try to smile anymore. I feel you. This too shall pass. #TransIsBeautiful #throwbackthursday #throwback photo by @pantheronline
12,694 Likes | 1888 days ago | 118
My girlfriends... ... #TransIsBeautiful #glamroomchronicles #COTS LA edition #song #7rings
6,039 Likes | 1891 days ago | 59
She been twirling for years.. ... A little #throwblaque. #bts @variety covershoot 2016 ... #TransIsBeautiful #ThrowBack
11,425 Likes | 1891 days ago | 69
Thank you @chapmanu. I felt the love last night. Thank you to everyone who came out, asked such amazing questions and shared your stories with me. ❤❤❤❤❤ ... #TransIsBeautiful
66,743 Likes | 1892 days ago | 477
#fbf. In the photo on the left I was in Miami for the first time. I went to a club and was told by the bouncer after he looked at my I.D. which said female that they no longer let people of my gender into the club. He said they had had problems with people of my gender before and now the owner doesn't allow them in. I remember being shocked and dumbfounded that he would say that to my face. I went there feeling so CUTE and after he said that, I just felt like nothing, full on shock and shame. I walked away and ended up having a great time in Miami the rest of my stay. But I got back to NYC and told that story to a friend and cried like a baby. ... So much to unpack with that story but I will just leave you with that. ... #TransIsBeautiful #WeWontBeErased #flashbackfriday
11,363 Likes | 1893 days ago | 153
Just wanna post something fun and irreverent. Therapy today was so intense. Some personal truths I havent wanted to deal with were just right there in front of me. I had to deal with them today. The limitations I have experienced over the past few weeks with a fractured bone in my foot and a sprained ankle have brought up many emotions. I always have to remind myself it's ok to feel the feelings. Feelings aren't facts but they aren't fiction either. This too shall pass. ... #TransIsBeautiful #selfreflection song #7rings by #arianagrande
4,020 Likes | 1894 days ago | 30
#tbt Still buzzing from #NYFW where I walked the runway for @11Honore, supported by commerce partner @Shopify! I am so honored and humbled to stand in solidarity with those doing the work to define a new era of inclusive fashion.
12,062 Likes | 1894 days ago | 200
Today shooting for @oitnb wrapped for the 7th and final season. This show changed the trajectory of my life. I am eternally grateful to @ijnej, @netflix, and the entire cast and crew of Orange is the New Black. I love you all. You are forever family. And thank you to the incredible fans of this show all over the world. Without you we are nothing. You have shown us so much love and loyalty. You are the best fans ever. This video was made by one of our many fan pages. Thank you @gayforchapman for the video. Nothing but love and gratitude! ... #oitnb #netflix
171,207 Likes | 1897 days ago | 1,086
Ladies, gentlemen and my gender nonbinary peeps, @theebillyporter. BOOM! #oscars.
30,758 Likes | 1897 days ago | 331
All the feels with chills from this @nike spot narrated by living legend @serenawilliams. It's got me so inspired this morning. Amen! ... #nike #serenawilliams #inspirational
44,220 Likes | 1898 days ago | 296
In custom @calvinklein by @costafrancisco for the 2015 Emmys. Yes, I know its Oscar's weekend but I have a sprained ankle and fractured bone in my foot. Be nice! I loved this look. It brings back good memories. Happy #Oscars kids! ... #TransIsBeautiful #flashback
6,993 Likes | 1898 days ago | 56
Thank you for posting this @hrhpd. #RIP #JackieShane ... Reposted from @hrhpd - #BHM! Day 23... RIP Jackie Shane. Know this Trans pioneering woman! Say her name! JACKIE SHANE... 💖💖💔 #BlackHistoryMonth #TransHistory #pioneer #TRAILBLAZER #Transwomanofcolor #JACKIESHANE #RIP #SayHerName
3,855 Likes | 1898 days ago | 23
Always serving looks and fantasies. I love you @jayknowlest. Happy Birthday darling.
27,323 Likes | 1899 days ago | 316
Happy Birthday @themilajam. Your friendship continues to be life sustaining. Love you so much girl! ... #TransIsBeautiful
3,259 Likes | 1899 days ago | 29
On Tuesday my stylist @christinajpacelli was honored by @11honore for her amazing work in fashion and her push for more size inclusivity. In this screenshot she is quoted by @hollywoodreporter about some of our work together over the past 5 years. (Link in my bio to the full article) ... I love you Christina. You're an amazing human being. I deeply value you and our work together. Thank you for everything. Here's to more fun, more slayage and more inclusivity. ... #TransIsBeautiful #SizeInclusivity #11honore #christinapacelli #stylist
11,132 Likes | 1900 days ago | 59
"Elegance is elimination." -Cristobal Balenciaga ... #TransIsBeautiful #tbt
8,492 Likes | 1900 days ago | 35
#tbt cica 2015 #bts of a photo shoot in this gorgeous creation. I don't remember the designer. But this phone case is a hot mess. My phone was super safe if dropped though. ... #TransIsBeautiful
22,246 Likes | 1900 days ago | 80
#tbt. On stage at #BroadwayBares 2015 helping to raise money for @bcefa. ...#TransIsBeautiful
4,639 Likes | 1900 days ago | 47
Secret Shoot. Can't wait to tell you what we've been up to. ... #TransIsBeautiful
13,022 Likes | 1901 days ago | 79
That time @threetwinsicecream named a flavor after me. #flashback ... #TransIsBeautiful
9,810 Likes | 1902 days ago | 125
My fractured foot has reminded me how important an active gratitude practice is. This is a video from back when I could walk. I'm telling you about the injury but not showing you still. Maybe soon? When I am ready. ... #TransIsBeautiful #Gratitude
9,037 Likes | 1902 days ago | 123
RIP Mr. Lagerfeld. Truly one of the greatest of all time, a real genius and visionary. Mr. Lagerfeld represented to me a certain kind of artist of a certain stature of a bygone era that doesn't exist anymore but lived on through him. Times are changing and certainly Mr. Lagerfeld changed with them but with a reverence for the past which seemed to permeate his very being. It always seemed effortless. ... #karllagerfeld
5,555 Likes | 1903 days ago | 50
Thanks again babe for being there for me in innumerable ways through my fractured bone saga. Baby you're the best. Cue Carly Simon's #JamesBond theme. Love you so much!❤❤❤ p.s. check my IG story for the above song reference. Learn it!
15,036 Likes | 1904 days ago | 313
This can happen to asylum seekers of all gender identities, sexual orientations, races etc. Immigration is an #intersectional issue. #RestInPower Camilla and Lolita ... #TransIsBeautiful #transrightsarehumanrights #WeWontBeErased .... https://www.washingtonblade.com/2019/02/17/transgender-woman-deported-from-us-murdered-in-el-salvador/
68,916 Likes | 1906 days ago | 831
Was going to post the pic I just took of my elevated bone fractured foot but that felt too personal and too depressing. Enough people probably don't show the tough times on social media and just show the shiny moments, myself included. Maybe it's just cause I want to pretend that I didn't slip in the rain yesterday and fractured a bone in my foot. I really would prefer that it didnt happen. Thus the natural light selfie when i was beat for the Gods and could walk without crutches. #TransIsBeautiful #denial
8,406 Likes | 1906 days ago | 101
#bts. #FBF Getting final touches on the set of @weirdcityshow available on YouTube Premium right now. The first episode is free of charge for folks who don't yet subscribe to YouTube premium. Link in bio . Check it out ... #TransIsBeautiful #WeirdCity
8,857 Likes | 1907 days ago | 107
#HappyValentinesDay to all my single ladies, gentlemen and gender nonbinary peeps fighting for love, especially love of self. #TransIsBeautiful #LoveWins
24,104 Likes | 1907 days ago | 161
We Cultivate Love When We Allow Our Most Vulnerable And Powerful Selves To Be Deeply Seen And Known, And When We Honour The Spiritual Connection That Grows From That Offering With Trust, Respect, Kindness And Affection. Love Is Not Something We Give Or Get, It Is Something That We Nurture And Grow, A Connection That Can Only Be Cultivated Between Two People When It Exists Within Each Of Them – We Can Only Love Others As Much As We Love Ourselves. Shame, Blame, Disrespect, Betrayal And The Withholding Of Affection Damages The Roots From Which Love Grows. Love Can Only Survive These Injuries If They Are Acknowledged, Healed And Rare”. -Brene Brown ... #love #HappyValentinesDay #TransIsBeautiful #LoveWins
4,402 Likes | 1909 days ago | 46
Today's the day. All episodes of @JordanPeele's new anthology series @WeirdCityShow drop on YouTube originals today. Tell me what you think of the show and my character Liquia. She's an artist. It's a little weird, good weird! #WeirdCity
5,619 Likes | 1909 days ago | 82
A little #BTS of my preparation to close @11honore's first runway show which opened #NYFW last week. ... #BehindTheScenes #TransIsBeautiful #SizeInclusivity
5,843 Likes | 1909 days ago | 51
When women come together in community magic happens. Friends, I invite you to come join me along with Elizabeth Gilbert, Cheryl Strayed, Lisa Nichols, Glennon Doyle and many more powerful female visionaries for the International Women’s Summit on March 7 – 10. We will have brilliant thought provoking conversations, connect with one another heart to heart and step into a sacred, and supportive space together. There is something so wonderful about women being together and collaborating and inspiring one another. To learn more, click on the link in my bio or below www.CelebrateYourLife.com
16,144 Likes | 1910 days ago | 88
"We defied physics starting a fire in water like this." Kyle Draper 🔥🔥🔥
25,701 Likes | 1910 days ago | 252
"The demarcation of anatomical difference does not precede the cultural interpretation of that difference, but is itself an interpretive act laden with normative assumptions."- Judith Butler ... #TransIsBeautiful
70,670 Likes | 1911 days ago | 186
#flashback 2 years ago at the #Grammys when I met the queen @beyonce. What an incredible blessing! ... #TransIsBeautiful
3,014 Likes | 1911 days ago | 18
In 1966 Ms. Price received the honor of opening the new Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center. She sang Cleopatra in the world premiere of Samuel Barber's Antony and Cleopatra. This is a clip from the film "The Opera House" which documents the ups and downs of opening Lincoln Center in 1966. Ms. Price was interviewed here just shy of her 90th birthday. This just gives me chills hearing that voice acapella at almost 90 years old juxtaposed with her sound in the opera house opening night at the new @metopera in 1966, 50 years earlier. Ok. I am stanning hard. Happy birthday #LeontynePrice
2,404 Likes | 1911 days ago | 17
In 1985 #LeontynePrice bid farewell to the operatic stage singing Aida at the @metopera. She was 57 years old. Compare this clip with my earlier post of her singing the same excerpt from the same aria 23 years earlier. This is vocal longevity. Bella Voce. Happy 92nd Birthday Ms. Price.
4,461 Likes | 1911 days ago | 42
The #Grammys are this evening. It seems fitting that they would fall on #LeontynePrice's 92nd birthday. Price is often cited as being the recipient of 14 Grammy awards. This number doesn't include her full length opera recording. Counting her full length opera recordings she actually has won 19 Grammys, more than any other classical artist. Ms Price is also the recipient of 2 Emmy Awards for her television performances among many other accolades.
2,642 Likes | 1911 days ago | 13
I have watched this interview perhaps hundreds of times but I can't get enough. "Sing on your interest not your capital. " Happy 92nd birthday #LeontynePrice
2,682 Likes | 1911 days ago | 19
Ms. Price singing "Vissi D'arte" from the opera Tosca by Puccini. In 1955 she became the first black singer to sing televised opera when she sang this role in English on NBC television. The south didn't air the broadcast because Price is black. Thank you Ms. Price for breaking barriers and providing a blueprint for excellence and transcendence through artistic expression. Happy 92nd Birthday #LeontynePrice
4,133 Likes | 1911 days ago | 28
Bella Voce. Ms Price singing "O Patria Mia" from Aida, her signature role, 1962. #HappyBirthday #LeontynePrice
3,256 Likes | 1911 days ago | 27
Now behold the voice that her Julliard voice teacher called, "The voice of the century." #happybirthday #LeontynePrice. This is the aria "Io son l'umille ancella" from the opera Adrianna Lecouvreur by Cilea from a 1967 television performance from Bell Telephone Hour.
20,310 Likes | 1911 days ago | 68
In 2016 for @cosmopolitan I got the opportunity to portray some of the black women who have inspired me over the years. Of course, #LeontynePrice was one of those women. #HappyBirthday Leontyne
2,718 Likes | 1911 days ago | 21
I told you I was going in on my feed for #LeontynePrice's 92nd Birthday. We recorded this last year for Women's history month for @lifetimetv. #HappyBirthday Leontyne
2,460 Likes | 1911 days ago | 21
Today is #LeontynePrice's birthday. So I am about to go in on my feed with all things Leontyne. She is one one my idols y'all. She turns 92 years young today. In this video that we did for @cbswatch in 2017 I talk about my first time encountering Leontyne Price's image. Happy Birthday Leontyne! ... #opera #blackexcellence #blackhistorymonth #legend
42,436 Likes | 1913 days ago | 576
What are you grateful for today? ... #TransIsBeautiful
19,739 Likes | 1913 days ago | 195
Front row at @elietahari yesterday. ... Makeup @theladydeja hair @bradleyirion styled by @christinajpacelli wearing #elietahari of course. ... #TransIsBeautiful
5,650 Likes | 1913 days ago | 28
@indyamoore. @teenvogue cover. Boom! #TransIsBeautiful
30,512 Likes | 1914 days ago | 292
#fbf to opening #NYFW a few days ago with @11honore. 1 exquisite @zacposen dress, many shapes. What's your favorite shape? This dress is available now on #11honoré's website. Feel your fantasy! #TransIsBeautiful #SizeInclusivity #wearethefantasy
13,267 Likes | 1914 days ago | 57
It feels poetic that Miss Cicely Tyson is on one of the covers of @time magazine's issue on Optimism guest edited by @ava. I wrote a piece for the issue about #MarianAnderson and #LeontynePrice, 2 black artists who made history and whose stories and artistic genius provide endless optimism and hope for me and changed a nation. Miss Tyson is in the same category. Miss Tyson is 94 years young. Leontyne Price turns 92 on Sunday. Click on the link in my bio to read my piece and check out the rest of this special issue of #TimeMagazine. #blackexcellence #blackgirlmagic #TransIsBeautiful
8,319 Likes | 1914 days ago | 30
Last night backstage at the @11honore inaugural runway show with the CEO, founder and visionary who brought #11honore to the world @patrickherning and supermodel @candicehuffine. ... #TransIsBeautiful #SizeInclusivity Wecome to #TheNewRunway
16,193 Likes | 1914 days ago | 54
Thank you! I love this! #TransIsBeautiful ... Reposted from @sthompsonart - If you need me, I’ll be watching @lavernecox kill it during @nyfw closing the @11honore show. Wearing @zacposen 💃🏻🔥👠⭐️👠🔥💃🏻 #thenewrunway #diversity #sizeinclusivity #sthompsonart 👑👑👑 That is how you close a show. - #regrann
10,127 Likes | 1914 days ago | 69
Leaving @elietahari's runway show today wearing: ... Suit @elietahari, earrings @daniellakronfle, necklace and other jewelry @tacoriofficial, bag @huntingseasonnyc. Hair @bradleyirion Makeup @theladydeja styled by @christinajpacelli ... And pictured with the the designer himself #elietahari. Thank you so much to the entire Elie Tahari team. ... #TransIsBeautiful #NYFW
68,425 Likes | 1914 days ago | 648
Welcome to #TheNewRunway. It's not a moment. It's a movement. I am still high from being a part of something so beautiful last night. You can shop all the looks from last night's @11honore runway show right now on #11honoré's website. ... #TransIsBeautiful #SizeInclusivity #bodypositivity
34,974 Likes | 1915 days ago | 267
Thank you @harpersbazaarus. I am still on this crazy high from last night. So honored to be a part of the movement for #SizeInclusivity. Thank you @11honore and @zacposen. ... Welcome to #TheNewRunway. #TransIsBeautiful
28,047 Likes | 1915 days ago | 382
Reposted from @voguemagazine - @LaverneCox leads a glittering finale walk through a shower of confetti at @11honore - #regrann
81,869 Likes | 1915 days ago | 1,692
What an incredible honor to close @11honore's first fashion show with these incredible women who represent the size diversity of the women of America. Thank you for existing @11honore and for giving me this incredible honor. ...thank you @zacposen for the gown of LIFE!!! #TransIsBeautiful #SizeInclusivity #SizeDiversity ... Reposted from @harpersbazaarus - Now this is how you close a fashion show! @11honore set the bar high for the kickoff of #NYFW. @lavernecox - #regrann
20,436 Likes | 1915 days ago | 134
The blessing will appear on God's time not mine. It might not appear the way I thought it would. I am co-creating what that will be today with my thoughts and actions. ...#TransIsBeautiful
4,152 Likes | 1916 days ago | 29
Omg this is everything! Congrats again @daniebb3 on your new song #BlackWoman. This video just makes me so happy. This is so beautiful. ... Reposted from @daniebb3 - This is what it’s about, reminding ourselves and our little ones that we are enough just the way we were made. 💕 Tag me singing “Black Woman” and I might post it. (White friends and men friends I wanna see you singing too) 😊 Song in bio. - #regrann
13,858 Likes | 1917 days ago | 57
Reposted from @translawcenter - "Dear Trans Sibling Survivor, despite how they’ve tried to silence all of our brilliance, we are still here.” @survivor.love.letter 💌 Beautiful expression featuring @thedappermrjaden & his words 🌈 art and lettering by @jessxsnow Jaden Fields ✨ #survivorloveletter - #regrann
2,695 Likes | 1917 days ago | 21
This is gospel for me. Thank you @brenebrown for this research and wisdom. Please like and share and let's cultivate and practice these principles together. #love #TransIsBeautiful
56,150 Likes | 1918 days ago | 427
Does anyone else while cleaning out your closet start trying on things and taking selfies? I just love a $20.00 swimsuit! I have way too many of them. This is my new no makeup selfie trick, hair in the face. Feel free to steal it. ... #TransIsBeautiful #bodypositivity #selfies
221,401 Likes | 1918 days ago | 1,288
There's only 1 @janetjackson but on this #JanetJacksonAppreciationDay #ThrowBack to my tribute to her iconic @rollingstone cover for @cosmopolitan magazine from Oct. 2016. We love you Janet!
7,177 Likes | 1918 days ago | 44
Yes high kick! @jeniferlewisforreal - Kicking off with @kaepernick7 today!!! * * * #ColinKaepernick #TakeAKnee #Resist #love
75,102 Likes | 1919 days ago | 508
"Every now and then you gotta go in the back of that closet And pull out that freakum dress"- @beyonce #TransIsBeautiful
29,518 Likes | 1920 days ago | 427
#FBF last weekend. Which Laverne do you prefer, Saturday or Sunday? ...#TransIsBeautiful #blackisbeautiful
5,050 Likes | 1920 days ago | 26
Happy #blackhistorymonth. This video of #JamesBaldwin reflecting on #MartinLutherKing and #nonviolence made me reflect once more on what's going on today in our country today around violence and marginalized people. Mr. Baldwin's work and words continue to be prescient, today more than ever.. Enduring legacies of brilliance, resilience, beauty, EVERYTHINGNESS is the black history I celebrate everyday, that is being created everyday, that I pray everyday might surge through my veins and embody, embolden and empower me everyday to walk in the path that has been made for me, by forces greater than me. #blackisbeautiful #TransIsBeautiful
2,784 Likes | 1921 days ago | 21
"Let's dance b**ch!" #WeirdCity premieres on #Youtube premium February 13. Its gonna be GOOD!
16,070 Likes | 1922 days ago | 252
#BTS of me on my way to the #SAGAwards this past Sunday. With everything going on in the world I hope this might make you laugh. To be clear I am not complaining just explaining. I would much rather be in this position than waiting tables, washing dishes or working in a fast food joint. To be even clearer, there's nothing wrong with those jobs. I gave them my all when I had them and was so grateful just to have a job. Those jobs just weren't the dream for me. The college freshman washing dishes as part of my work study would be very happy that she ended up in the back of an SUV in a designer gown made especially for her ( thank you @zacposen) on her way to walk the red carpet and present at the SAG Awards. Thanks @thekyledraper for shooting the video. ... Let's celebrate and value working people. There's dignity is all work! ... #TransIsBeautiful
60,839 Likes | 1923 days ago | 550
I choose love today. I choose not to be reactionary today. I choose to insist that my nervous system not be re-traumatized today. I choose to feel my feelings today. I have to feel it to heal it. I know there is a plan bigger than I could possibly understand. It makes me want to cry and ask, "Why must there be so much pain in this plan?" But I will understand it better by and by. Hold each other close. ... #TransIsBeautiful, #solidarity #lgbtqia #intersectionality #EndRacism #endhomophobia #endtransphobia #WeWontBeErased
58,410 Likes | 1923 days ago | 225
I love you so much @jussiesmollett. Your spirit is strong. Your resilience is hardwired. My brother you are fortified in healing energy from most high that is already seeing you through. ✊✊✊❤❤❤
13,050 Likes | 1924 days ago | 84
#Gratitude #Love #sagawards #ZacPosen #TransIsBeautiful
4,768 Likes | 1925 days ago | 54
Technology likes this scares me for real!! @JordanPeele created this new show #WeirdCity on @YouTube, and it’s trippy...but could happen. Don’t miss this show when it premieres February 13th! Link to full trailer in my bio. #Youtube
65,935 Likes | 1925 days ago | 607
At the 25th #sagawards wearing: ... Custom gown @zacposen, custom necklace @mariannaharutunian, other jewelry @yv.tuf, clutch @judithleiberny, shoes @kennethcole ... Styled by @christinajpacelli Makeup @theladydeja hair @kiyahwright1 ... #TransIsBeautiful
15,450 Likes | 1925 days ago | 118
At the 25th #sagawards wearing: ... Custom gown @zacposen, custom necklace @mariannaharutunian, other jewelry @yv.tuf, clutch @judithleiberny, shoes @kennethcole ... Styled by @christinajpacelli Makeup @theladydeja hair @kiyahwright1 ... #TransIsBeautiful
105,374 Likes | 1926 days ago | 1,113
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41,393 Likes | 1926 days ago | 376
Ready for the @entertainmentweekly pre #SAGAwards party wearing: ... Dress @_zhivago_, earrings @henrisillam, rings @steferejewelry, clutch @edie_parker, shoes @ruthie_davis styled by @christinajpacelli hair @larryjarahsims makeup @theladydeja ... #TransIsBeautiful
6,135 Likes | 1927 days ago | 43
@haileybieber is awesome and hilarious. Thank you Hailey. Btw .y first time driving a golf cart. Boom! ... @dropthemictnt #TransIsBeautiful #DropTheMic
11,212 Likes | 1928 days ago | 83
The 11 year old is dying getting to kiss @boygeorgeofficial on national television. ... #TransIsBeautiful #DropTheMic #boygeorge ❤❤❤❤❤
3,793 Likes | 1928 days ago | 41
#bts of @dropthemictnt with my rap coach @ilymicah2. I was listening to culture club all day long reliving my childhood and Micah was hanging right there with me. I was singing along all day and remembering every word. It's hard to pick a favorite #CultureClub song but this one comes pretty darn close. It's called "That's the way (I'm only Trying 5o help you)" from their 2nd LP, "Color by Numbers" ... @kiyahwright1 captured this moment. I was trying to play it cool with @boygeorgeofficial. So I did not start singing his songs in front of him. But whenever he wasn't around I was getting my 80s on hard. Thank you George for being such a light in my childhood. #TransIsBeautiful #dropthemic #boygeorge
25,113 Likes | 1929 days ago | 310
The season premiere of @dropthemictnt is tonight at 10/9 central. For the record I absolutely adore @boygeorgeofficial. Getting to meet him was one of the thrills of my life. Being a gender nonconforming kid growing up in Alabama in the 80s, Boy George and Culture Club were a light of possibility for me. Thank you George. ... That being said i had to do my job and hit hard. It's a wrap battle. Tune in tonight!!! #TransIsBeautiful
14,689 Likes | 1930 days ago | 279
You accept me flaws and all. And that's why I love you❤❤❤❤ #TransIsBeautiful
3,581 Likes | 1931 days ago | 17
Today is International Day of Racial Healing. Join us at 4pm Eastern and 1pm Pacific via live stream at Arraynow.com for #HowWeHeal
4,791 Likes | 1931 days ago | 40
1 year ago today my historic @cosmopolitansa cover was revealed. Still love this cover so much it's still my profile pic. Maybe I should change that? I feel so blessed and grateful but none of this has ever been about me. They are about everyone who has ever felt like they can't, for all the erasures and attempted erasures of trans people. Representation matters. Thanks you to everyone at @cosmopolitansa for making this beautiful moment happen. #TransIsBeautiful
4,214 Likes | 1931 days ago | 24
Happy #MLKDay. Please listen to this audio excerpt from one of King's many iconic speeches feels. It's just everything! "Power at it's best is love implementing the demands of justice and justice at its best is love correcting everything that stands against love." #martinlutherkingjr #love
10,773 Likes | 1932 days ago | 149
A little excerpt from my remarks yesterday at #WomensMarchLA. #TransIsBeautiful
38,538 Likes | 1933 days ago | 246
I was so honored to get to attend and speak at #womensmarchla today. It was wonderful to see and meet so many of you and feel your energy.the backlash is real and happening but you showed up and showed out. Thank you! An excerpt from my remarks today: ... The achieving of basic human rights, dignity, justice or equity for one group of people does not mean that something is being taken from another group. That's scarcity thinking and scarcity thinking will always drive us further from each other. Divide and conquer is one of the primary tools of the oppressor to control marginalized people. And when I say oppressor let me be clear, each and everyone of us has the capacity to be an oppressor, no matter who we are, where we are located on social hierarchies or how we identify. And each of us has the capacity to be liberators for ourselves and each other. We have seen the tool of divide and conquer be used to attack this very march... Mary Pipher in her book "Reviving Ophelia" so beautifully writes, "Social change is a million individual acts of kindness. Cultural change is a million subversive acts of resistance." It is subversive to choose love in this fear mongering cultural environment of us vs. them. It is a subversive act of resistance to choose love today. #TransIsBeautiful #womensmarch #love #resist
2,905 Likes | 1934 days ago | 17
I am so happy, humbled and honored to join @ava, @arraynow and some other amazing minds (like really amazing) this Tuesday Jan 22 On Facebook Live for National Day of Racial Healing #howweheal #aafca #arraynow #avaduvernay #LaverneCox #TransIsBeautiful
7,237 Likes | 1934 days ago | 93
Tune into @dropthemictnt next Wednesday January 23 to see me in an epic #RapBattle with one of my childhood idols, @boygeorgeofficial. Boy George and Culture were as @Rupaul would put it a 'navigation system' for me when I was growing up, a gender nonconforming kid, in Mobile, AL. ... Maybe I should have worn this outfit to distract from the fact that I dont have 'punchlines or flow' nor 'an empire also.' This is going to be entertaining! The song in the video is "That's the way" from Culture Club's 2nd LP "Color by Numbers." The day we shot #DropTheMic I discovered I remember every single word to every single song from their first 2 albums. Stay tuned for the receipts. #dropthemic #TransIsBeautiful #boygeorge #cultureclub #glamroomchronicles
2,990 Likes | 1935 days ago | 35
Oh I needed this reminder today. I remember hearing on an episode of the @Oprah show years ago that "forgiveness is letting go of the hope that things could have been different." There are no mistakes in God's universe, even the colossal mess our world is in today. Our job is to learn the lessons, forgive ourselves and each other and do better next time. I love you @thekyledraper. You inspire me everyday.
5,168 Likes | 1935 days ago | 32
In 2014 I had the honor of being named one of @glamourmag's women of the year. I was the first openly trans woman so honored by the magazine. But 61 years earlier #christinejorgensen was named woman of the year by The Scandinavian Society. When word of Jorgensen's gender transition was leaked to the press in December 1952 she became arguably one of the most famous women in the world in 1953 when she returned to America. Jorgensen navigated fame as an openly trans woman at a time when the medical protocol was that trans folks transition and then never disclose our trans status, when being openly trans often meant stigma, ridicule, discrimination, violence and death. Being openly trans to this day often still means all those things. Jorgensen's life is a wonderful blueprint for all of us. Thank you Christine. #TransIsBeautiful #WeWontBeErased #transrightsarehumanrights #tbt
11,544 Likes | 1936 days ago | 109
I just wanted to take this moment to celebrate actress @msjamieclayton's first and long overdue magazine cover photographed by @liaclay Jamie is an actress who is openly trans but has never wanted to lead with being trans. She wants her work to speak for itself. You should check out her incredible work on #Sense8 if you havent. It, indeed, speaks for itself. I am just so happy and proud that actresses like Jamie and others are doing their careers their way. There's not just one, two or two billion ways to be trans or human. We all must find our own paths and follow them in ways that feel most authentic to us. I love Jamie for insisting on that. There should be room for us all to do that. #TransIsBeautiful #CandyMagazine #jamieclayton
10,489 Likes | 1937 days ago | 66
Yesterday the Gender Expression and Nondiscrimination (GENDA) finally achieved passage in both houses of New York State's legislature. The bill provides explicit protections against discrimination for transgender New Yorkers. It has taken 17 years to get this bill passed. 17 years. In 2002 when SONDA (The Sexual Orientation Nondiscrimination Act) passed trans and gender nonconforming people were dropped from the bill at the last minute. Advocates at the time didnt think they could get the bill passed with trans folks being included. Trans people were told 'we'll get to you.' It has taken 17 years later. I, of course, celebrate the passage of this bill but this story should be a reminder that everyone must always be included. The Governor is expected to sign the bill into law this week. ... In 2013 I wrote a piece (link in bio) for @huffpost about Kiara St. James and Tanya Walker ( pictured) 2 of a group of activists who traveled to Albany every Tuesday, January to June to speak to lawmakers about getting GENDA passed. Thank you to folks like Kiara, Tanya, Melissa Sklars and the many activists and organizations who worked tirelessly for 17 years to make this happen. You all inspire me so much. Thank you and congratulations on this incredible acheivement. https://www.google.com/amp/s/m.huffpost.com/us/entry/3129833/amp .. #TransIsBeautiful #transrightsarehumanrights #WeWontBeErased
55,683 Likes | 1937 days ago | 388
Ok getting in on the fun. #tenyearchallenge. #howharddidaginghityouch #TransIsBeautiful
120,234 Likes | 1940 days ago | 560
#Datenight. My baby ❤❤❤❤❤❤
55,249 Likes | 1941 days ago | 343
This brings me so much joy. I most definitely want candy. Congrats on another great cover ladies!!!!! ❤❤❤❤ #TransIsBeautiful
39,612 Likes | 1941 days ago | 303
This is life itself. @mjrodriguez7 on Sunday stepping into her destiny. #TransIsBeautiful
53,557 Likes | 1941 days ago | 330
#fbf 2009 my first time in Miami. #TransIsBeautiful
11,928 Likes | 1941 days ago | 38
Congrats @indyamoore on your gorgeous cover. What you wrote in this caption though is just everything. I have often felt like I have had to tow the line of respectability and authenticity. Your rejection of respectability politics is sobering and inspiring... #TransIsBeautiful Reposted from @indyamoore - (Link in bio) “I want to normalize speaking out and being truthful and honest and just being real and being vulnerable because this is everything that PR tells us not to do. This is everything that media training tells us not to do. It's all to protect a (photoshopped) image (or version that isn’t real or who we really are at all). The way I want people to connect to me is not to look up to me—I want people to look at me and to see a piece of themselves in me, not see somebody that they want to be like. I want them to see somebody that already exists within them. That's why it's important for me to be vulnerable or be honest or be imperfect. You know what I mean, and not ride on this wave of perfectionism that people be trying to follow.” My dearest @mjrodriguez7 Thank you for always pulling and inspiring the best of me out of me! You are such a light in my life! This is my favorite interview i’d ever done because of you! 🥰 Thank you so much for this cover feature @lofficielusa !! It was a fun and anxious day. Thank you for everyone on the team for pulling it all together you all worked so hard and I am entirely grateful for each of you. Aingeru thank you for your eye, genius and your patience. As a byproduct of my humanity, I felt very insecure that day and you affirmed me boosted my confidence and made me feel beautiful! Photography: @Aingeruzorita Styling: @Julianshane Beauty: @Tatidon Interview: @MJRodriguez7 - #regrann
8,744 Likes | 1942 days ago | 37
Thanks @nicoleupdegraff for the beautiful art. ..#TransIsBeautiful
4,596 Likes | 1943 days ago | 41
So excited about this show. I had so much fun shooting it. The trailer dropped today. Please watch and share .. ❤ From the minds of @jordanpeele and #CharlieSanders... @weirdcityshow #weirdcity Coming to @youtube on February 13th! I'm in this (!!!) along with @awkwafina @rosariodawson @steveyeun @therealhannahsimone @gillianjacobs @verbalberappin @lavernecox @thesaragilbert AND THE @hamillhimself and THE @levar.burton! YASSSSSS! -
48,132 Likes | 1945 days ago | 349
Getting to be an artist in so many ways is the highest of callings. Much of the work that was celebrated last night through both the nominations and the wins at the #GoldenGlobes reaffirms for me the incredible power of art to change the world. Thank you to all the artists who inspire me to continue to answer the divine call to be an artist. #TransIsBeautiful
67,715 Likes | 1946 days ago | 590
For the #GoldenGlobes afterparty Dress @hamelbymelinaharris, clutch @emmkuony, earrings @hueb, bracelets and rings @mattia_cielo @djulajewelry @marli_newyork @vhernier, shoes @kennethcole. Makeup @theladydeja Hair @kiyahwright1 Styled by @christinajpacelli. #TransIsBeautiful
41,188 Likes | 1946 days ago | 250
When bae has the camera he gets the angles he loves... #TransIsBeautiful
80,156 Likes | 1946 days ago | 315
At the #InStyleWBGlobes viewing party wearing: . Dress @hamelbymelinaharris, clutch @emmkuony, earrings @hueb, bracelets and rings @mattia_cielo @djulajewelry @marli_newyork @vhernier, shoes @kennethcole. Makeup @theladydeja Hair @kiyahwright1 Styled by @christinajpacelli. #TransIsBeautiful . @instylemagazine - 🎩 🎥: @thefacinator #InStyleWBGlobes
125,425 Likes | 1946 days ago | 1,616
Tonight's look for the #GoldenGlobes festivities...#TransIsBeautiful
28,642 Likes | 1947 days ago | 507
Some recent events in the media have reminded me that we must always draw our attention and resources to the most vulnerable among us. So today I have a message for some special young people out there. #TransIsBeautiful #LoveWins
18,092 Likes | 1952 days ago | 132
A walk on the beach shot by my babe to end the year to a remix of the first song I ever released this year. The song is called #BeatForTheGods but here I am again with #nomakeup, #nofilter just lots of love and gratitude. Love you all! #HappyNewYear #TransIsBeautiful
33,079 Likes | 1953 days ago | 401
@asiakatedillon you are divine. You are a brilliant artist, BRILLIANT and an astute, loving and exacting advocate. Waking up to this news of the passage of this bill in the city I called home for more than 20 years of my life brought tears to my eyes and gives me so much hope for 2019! Thank you @nycmayorsoffice. Thank you New York City. Trans & non-binary people's right to self identify & have that acknowledged under the law & not experience stigma & discrimination from the state & from the culture is part of the LOVING world I dream. This is part of the loving world I want to exist in. Bravissi(ma) (mo)(mx) NYC. I love you. Embrace love not fear in 2019, everyday. #TransIsBeautiful #HappyNewYear
35,130 Likes | 1955 days ago | 190
My 2018 #topnine. Thanks for all the likes and love this year. It's been an intense one which means there were many lessons to learn. Here's to learning the lessons and growing personally and collectively through more and more love. #TransIsBeautiful
104,652 Likes | 1956 days ago | 518
#tbt. Spectacles The 2009 photo was taken on the bus in NYC. I remember my old friend J. took this and I am not sure why we were on the bus when I usually took the subway. I think this top was from H&M. I loved strapless tops and dresses during that time in my life. The 2017 photo was taken at a fashion event in Los Angeles. #KateSpade dressed me for the event. Kate brought so much beauty into the world, so much style. Thank you Kate. RIP .. This season I have been feeling so reflective and contemplative about life, how much it changes and stays the same, how much my life has changed over the past few years. Today my prayer is to ask that attachment to anything that is about my ego to be lifted, so that I can embrace love which is the nature of who I really am even more. #TransIsBeautiful
11,341 Likes | 1959 days ago | 131
Judy Garland singing "Have yourself a merry little Christmas" is so necessary. #happyholidays #TransIsBeautiful
8,591 Likes | 1959 days ago | 27
Saturday night at an awesome dinner to raise money for the Sean Combs Foundation. Thanks for having me! Photos by Jarrod Williams #TransIsBeautiful
10,655 Likes | 1959 days ago | 140
For those who know me well, you maybe surprised that I absolutely love Christmas music. I was going to post a series of some of my favorite Christmas music then I came across this performance from @mspattilabelle of #OHolyNight. Then I decided this is all we need. No matter what you celebrate and if you celebrate nothing at all, I believe this performance from Miss Patti will get you in the spirit. I dont subscribe to organized religion but I believe in a higher power and that higher power is working through Miss Patti here. Happy holidays!
80,167 Likes | 1960 days ago | 1,385
#Money by @iamcardib got me like... . . #TransIsBeautiful #glamroomchronicles #cardib #bodypositivity
37,198 Likes | 1961 days ago | 626
I believe this might be the first animal video I have ever shared or at least the first in a while. Laverne Cox social media historians please check the accuracy of this statement but this pretty much sums up me when the cuddle is just right.
8,718 Likes | 1962 days ago | 54
#fbf. The #CornelWest quote "Justice is what love looks like in public" is one of my favorite quotes. As the year winds down I am reminded today that love always has to start with the self. Love is a practice and I am taking this time to reset my health and well being. I am so grateful for health insurance and great healthcare practitioners to keep my body and mind well. Cultivating more self care and self love practice I have more to give and offer the world, my work and the people I love.
16,603 Likes | 1963 days ago | 312
#tbt. Some of my favorite #redcarpet looks of #2018. What's your favorite? #TransIsBeautiful
69,625 Likes | 1963 days ago | 940
I didn't tell him to say this but I am so glad he did. Love you babe!❤❤❤❤❤❤ @Regran_ed from @thekyledraper - We cuteeeeeee 😍😘❤️ . . 😂😂😂 at the haters who think calling me “gay” because I’m dating a trans woman is a putdown that will make feel insecure about myself and my sexuality. . . For starters, “gay” is not a putdown!!!! I associate “gay” with “free,” “courageous,” “strong,” & “cool,” so even though I identify as heterosexual, I’ll take the gay remarks as compliments, and I’ll wear them proudly! 🌈💪❤️ . . If you have people coming at you with negativity online, know that haters are really just misguided fans. Why else would they take the time to consume your content and feel compelled to engage with it? Be strong, and know that you’re on the right path if you’re attracting haters and making them uncomfortable with your message since growth and progress comes from discomfort. Keep doing your thing so these misguided fans have something to talk about 💅💅💅 #transisbeautiful #loveislove #blockingoutthehaters - #regrann
108,003 Likes | 1965 days ago | 805
#transformationtuesday. Gosh the young woman in that first photo. That was taken in the loft apartment in Brooklyn of one of my ex's. It was one of the most toxic relationships I have ever been in and I have been in a few. I was the common denominator in all those relationships. The men I chose were a reflection of what I thought of myself. I have worked my ass off to think more highly of myself, to practice self love in part by whom I choose to have in my life. I am so grateful for the amazing people I have in my life. I am so grateful for the love I have in my life. There's always more work to do on myself but what a spiritual transformation! A day at a time. Feeling so reflective as this year ends. #TransIsBeautiful
21,107 Likes | 1966 days ago | 275
A little #throwback. 4 years ago on Canadian television. 4 years later this conversation is sadly still relevant. But those of us who want to live more authentically and write our own rules about gender are stronger than ever. Our allies and accomplices are seeing new possibilities for freedom for themselves and others. We know the power of our voices amplified with love and an insistence on our own humanity and the humanity of others. #WeWontBeErased #TransIsBeautiful
3,999 Likes | 1966 days ago | 11
Thank you @teenvogue For featuring these amazing young performers. Having grown up studying classical ballet, theater and voice I feel connected in different ways to all these artists. Link in my bio to the article: https://www.teenvogue.com/story/trans-performers-challenges-hopes-representation-2018 ................................. @Regran_ed from @jaynaledford - Thank you @teenvogue for including me in this article about “Transgender performers sharing challenges they still face and their hopes for the future” ❤️ also included in this article are wonderful, inspiring people like @nicoleamaines @ryancassata @jacobmichael @theo.dozia ❤️ check it out! Link in my bio! ⬆️ - #regrann
34,624 Likes | 1968 days ago | 216
Tonight was awesome. This #selfie was taken at the end of the night after the DJ at the club came fully for my edges. #TransIsBeautiful
17,287 Likes | 1969 days ago | 117
Love this: @Regran_ed from @rainvaldez - Def proud to have played a part in this. I'll be your #August fantasy for the first annual #FantasyCalendar. 💖 So grateful for all my sisters who shared their fantasies and beauty with me. The calendar will feature 12 bad-ass multicultural women of trans experience @zackarydrucker @tracelysette @cassandrajames_ @rainvaldez @thelinabradford @caroland14 @globalgrrl22 @blossomcbrown @missmariaroman @lee065 @thejulianajoel Get your copy today! Link in bio / story. A % of the proceeds will benefit @translatinacoalition Photography by @stevenlarson Produced by @rainvaldez @thekellenjoseph & @alenos @noweverartists #noweverartists #transisbeautiful #wontbeerased #thefantasy2019 - #regrann
21,096 Likes | 1969 days ago | 110
#FBF my 2018 magazine covers. So grateful to all the editors, photographers, writers, stylists makeup artists, hair stylists and my team for making these moments happen. Thank you all. I still get excited when I see black women on the covers of magazines. It still makes me feel seen, beautiful and inspired. I still get excited when I see trans folks on the covers of magazines. It makes me feel hopeful. I think about all the trans kids out there who may now have a sense of possibility because of this representation. Representation saves lives. .................. Sharing the cover of @Variety with the truly great artists @therealchazbono and @therealalexandrabillings was a great honor. The round table accompanying that cover story I am truly proud to have been a part of. For @selfmagazine I wanted to take a risk to be more vulnerable and intimate in the printed and on camera interviews. I was so scared. But when the issue came out and so many people connected to parts of my story I have never shared before, it was truly healing. Covering @cosmopolitansa was just beyond. I still can't believe that historic moment happened. Thank you South Africa. My 9 year old self is truly in awe of this abundance. I try to put love out into the world. I am trying to choose love not fear every moment of every day. I an doing this imperfectly. I am so grateful for the love you all consistently give back to me. Thank you! I love you! #TransIsBeautiful
8,273 Likes | 1969 days ago | 41
#fbf 2015 #bts of my @entertainmentweekly cover shoot. #TransIsBeautiful
6,257 Likes | 1970 days ago | 88
#tbt fall 2017 in London in the backseat of @attitude's jaguar answering a few questions. I was feeling very spokesmodel that night. Lol. #TransIsBeautiful
37,946 Likes | 1971 days ago | 520
#tbt 2015 on the beach on Fire Island... today I embrace my imperfections #TransIsBeautiful
12,436 Likes | 1971 days ago | 75
#TransIsBeautiful. So @awkwafina
10,035 Likes | 1971 days ago | 64
For today's #sagawards nominees announcement I wore Custom look @cristinaottaviano, jewelry @cirari, @michaeljohnjewelry @gabrielandco styled by @christinajpacelli makeup @beautybytayrivera hair @kiyahwright1 #TransIsBeautiful
7,819 Likes | 1971 days ago | 57
Put your paws up. Had so much fun announcing the #sagawards nominees this morning with the radiant and hilarious @awkwafina. Congrats to all the nominees in every category. I need a nap. Been up since 12:30am. #TransIsBeautiful
12,072 Likes | 1971 days ago | 71
Dressed and ready for the next holiday party. For my hostess gift I'm bringing @SmirnoffUS Peppermint Twist. My favorite way to drink it is in hot cocoa, with a splash of orange liqueur. You've got to try it! Girl, you should do that soon because they are only out for a limited time! #SmirnoffPartner For my orange & peppermint hot chocolate recipe see below: Orange & Peppermint Hot Chocolate 1 Ounce Smirnoff Peppermint Twist 0.5 Ounce Orange Liqueur 8 Ounces Hot Chocolate
20,012 Likes | 1972 days ago | 161
For me, forgiveness and compassion are always linked: how do we hold people accountable for wrongdoing and yet at the same time remain in touch with their humanity enough to believe in their capacity to be transformed? bell hooks #TransIsBeautiful
19,220 Likes | 1972 days ago | 178
#TransIsBeautiful
12,164 Likes | 1973 days ago | 98
Last night we had a rousing evening fundraising for our film @disclosuredoc. More photos from the event to come. Thank you to everyone who came out to support this film centering trans lives, trans voices and spectatorship. If you weren't able to make it, you can find out more about "Disclosure: Trans Lives On Screen" at the link in my bio: https://www.documentary.org/project/disclosure-trans-lives-screen #TransIsBeautiful
22,759 Likes | 1975 days ago | 167
Love you @mjrodriguez7 . So proud of you sis! #TransIsBeautiful #glamroomchronicles
6,160 Likes | 1975 days ago | 51
And I would like to invite everyone to watch this except and share far and wide. @brenebrown is giving us the gospel right here. Watch the full conversation by clicking on the link in my bio. #daringtolead #daringgreatly #brenebrown
11,958 Likes | 1975 days ago | 189
@brenebrown's work continues to be core shaking for me. This new interview with @marieforleo is a must watch for negotiating the thorny terrain of our times and claiming and reclaiming ourselves and each other with love and empathy. Thanks again Brene for the courage and bravery at the heart of this very difficult work. Thanks Marie for the compassionate engagement with the work. This is one of my favorite moments from this interview. There are so many gems though. Enjoy! Watch and share. The link to the full conversation is in my bio
18,760 Likes | 1976 days ago | 159
#fbf 2015 #bts of my photo shoot for #MyTown magazine being photographed by the inimitable @lipman.studio #TransIsBeautiful
34,265 Likes | 1976 days ago | 187
#fbf 2015 #bts of my photo shoot for #MyTown magazine. Styled by @christinajpacelli makeup @theladydeja hair @deetrannybear #TransIsBeautiful
17,456 Likes | 1978 days ago | 177
#tbt to 2016 at @variety's #powerofwomen event. Thank you @variety for the love and support over the years. Marginalized people can't change narratives, break barriers, create space and opportunity without allies and accomplices. The list is long of the allies and supporters I have had over the years. Thank you to you all. I love you!#TransIsBeautiful #gratitude #thankyou #love
15,173 Likes | 1978 days ago | 163
#Narcissus drowned in his own reflection. Are we all drowning in the mirrors of #Instagram? Are these mirrors at all or just masquerades? Or both and neither? Simultaneity. ......... Folks often ask me what is my favorite @beyonce song. It's impossible to pick a favorite but #FlawsAndAll from #Bday is pretty darn close. ... #TransIsBeautiful #glamroomchronicles
9,274 Likes | 1979 days ago | 62
@Regran_ed from @sagawards - 🎉🎉Excited to announce that @Awkwafina and @LaverneCox will be presenting the 25th #sagawards nominations together ✨ They’ll be announcing the nominees live on @tntdrama and @tbsnetwork on Wed, Dec. 12 at 10am ET/ 7am PT. - #regrann
24,750 Likes | 1980 days ago | 255
I got another chance to act today. I never take for granted that there will be another opportunity. When I have the chance to be on set and do the thing I love most in life it is truly my greatest joy. I try to always show up in this joy and love. I am also so grateful I get to work with truly incredible people. Can't wait to tell you about this secret project. Find something you truly love to do in life. #TransIsBeautiful
28,909 Likes | 1982 days ago | 410
"You wanted to know when we were going to have sex?" My favorite Cam and Peter moment from CBS'S #Doubt continued. You can watch the entire season on YouTube #TransIsBeautiful
15,427 Likes | 1982 days ago | 129
"I might sleep with you then hate you..." A little #ThrowBack to one of my favorite Cam and Peter moments from Doubt with the awesome @bennyvegas playing Peter. #TransIsBeautiful
11,131 Likes | 1982 days ago | 49
Must watch: this #WorldAidsDay. Click on the link in my bio for @javiermofficial's powerful testimony in its entirety @Regran_ed from @nowthisnews - Actor Javier Muñoz ((@javiermofficial) reflects on his life with HIV and the stigma associated with it. This World AIDS Day, he wants people to understand the power of knowing their status – and accepting whatever it is. To watch the full op-ed, follow the link in our bio 🔗⠀ - #regrann
3,680 Likes | 1983 days ago | 35
Today is #WorldAidsDay. It feels like a miracle that I am HIV negative. I grew up feeling that it was inevitable that I contract HIV and saw it as a punishment for being who I am. I grew up internalizing so much shame about my sexuality and gender expression. I saw HIV as God's punishment for being who I am. This, of course, was something I internalized because our government did nothing for far too long about HIV/AIDS diagnoses and we still live in a culture that deeply stigmatizes folks living with HIV. Undoing that stigma in my heart and mind requires continued education, listening more, and loving personal interrogation of my implicit assumptions and biases and even the language I use. ............ Today I want to stand with folks living with HIV all over the world. You are far more than your diagnosis. I want to encourage everyone to get tested and know your status. I want to affirm that because of the tireless work of activists who have come before me HIV is no longer a death sentence. Properly medicated, HIV positive folks can have an undetectable viral load and NOT transmit HIV to others. There are now medications to prevent HIV negative folks from contracting HIV. Thank you to everyone who has done this incredible work and continues to do the work to end AIDS globally. I love you all. If you're shopping this holiday season Go to Amazon.com/RED to shop @RED products that fight AIDS with every purchase. #SHOPATHON link in bio
7,932 Likes | 1984 days ago | 80
#nofilterneeded. Last night. Styled by @christinajpacelli Makeup @beautybytayrivera hair by @kendragarvey. Wigology @deetrannybear #throwback. Thank you @lancomeofficial and @voguemagazine for a lovely evening. #TransIsBeautiful
18,560 Likes | 1984 days ago | 205
For tonight's @lancomeofficial @voguemagazine shindig I wore: Gown @blackhalo, cape @anyoldiron, bag @ximenakavalekas, earrings @narcisapheres, rings @djulajewelry, bracelets @levian_jewelry #TransIsBeautiful
27,568 Likes | 1984 days ago | 149
#datenight with bae at the @voguemagazine @lancomeofficial soiree #TransIsBeautiful
31,211 Likes | 1984 days ago | 267
#tbt 4 years ago on @wendyshow. Any Wendy fans remember her wig notes? Wig notes are truly a #throwback. How You Doin? Ma Nishma? #TransIsBeautiful
177,391 Likes | 1987 days ago | 1,847
Love you so much babe! @Regran_ed from @thekyledraper - Love is love. I couldn’t be prouder to be in love with this gorgeous, intelligent, and talented woman ❤️ I identify as cisgender and heterosexual, and I want the world to know how proud I am about my relationship with a trans woman. We need to rid society of shame associated with dating trans/gender nonconforming folks, and it starts with more cis/hetero individuals who are attracted to trans/gnc folks allowing their attraction to evolve into love and for that love to be celebrated publicly. I love you, @lavernecox 😍😘❤️ #transisbeautiful - #regrann
5,718 Likes | 1988 days ago | 64
#tbs. 2 years ago I got to do a dream project and work with some truly incredible artists. #rockyhorrorpictureshow was a labor of love for all of us worked on the project. It was also one of the biggest challenges of my career getting to play the iconic Dr. Frank-n-furter. "I Can Make You a Man" was one of my favorite tracks to record for the soundtrack. #TransIsBeautiful #ThrowBackSunday #throwback #love
5,221 Likes | 1988 days ago | 38
Yes lord. Thank you for sharing this @ledisi. Hallelujah! @Regran_ed from @ledisi - When I look at it all..... #MOOD The Great #RanceAllen sums it up perfectly. Have a great Sunday everyone. 🙏🏾 - #regrann
63,226 Likes | 1990 days ago | 838
Thank you @britishvogue for the #WeWontBeErased film and especially for featuring this luminous girl @therealrebekah. Click on the link in my bio for the full film. #TransIsBeautiful
16,075 Likes | 1990 days ago | 210
This, like this administration's leaked memo is yet another attempt to erase trans folks from public life. According to @TransMilitary, the military is the nation's largest employer of trans folks, a population who's unemployment rate is 3 times the national average. This according to the latest US Trans Survey. 2 appellate courts have struck down this attempted ban. Trans folks have always existed. The days of us being pushed to the margins are over. These attempts to erase us, won't work. #WeWontBeErased #transrightsarehumanrights #TransIsBeautiful
53,178 Likes | 1992 days ago | 440
#TransIsBeautiful so beautiful. Watch please and click on the link in my bio for the full film and share. #WeWontBeErased .............. @Regran_ed from @britishvogue - 42 members of the trans and non-binary communities sat down with #BritishVogue to share their stories and explain why, no matter what the current media narratives or political climate, they won’t be erased. . Watch the full video directed by @Kloss_Films, via the link in bio #WeWontBeErased. . @AlokVMenon, @Carmen_Carrera, @Charlie_Craggs, @Chellaman, Connie Fleming, Daphne Overbeck, @Dara._, @Dezjorngauthier, @Dominiquet.A.R.Jackson, @Eden_Loweth, @FrancescaxMartin, @Harris_Reed, @HoneyDijon, @Supa_Ines, @IOLovesYou, @JanayaForTheFuture, @IAmJariJones, @IAmKej, @Kuchenga, @LaverneCox, @TheLinaBradford, @MaximMagnus, @MunroeBergdorf, @Naeemdxvis, @NikiMnray, @OsloGrace, @Paris.Lees, @PatriciaBlack, @TheRealRebekah, @RowTheBoatBitch, @Shon.Faye, Sue Nabi, @Teddy_Quinlivan, @ThomasPageMcbee, @Decadunce, @Torraine, @TravisAlabanza, @UglaStefania, @ValentijnDeHingh, @VincentBeier, @ViviPizzaDreamer, @XoeyFourr - #regrann
58,011 Likes | 1992 days ago | 475
Yes I have a #TransIsBeautiful neon sign in my home.
6,925 Likes | 1993 days ago | 55
There are so many Angel's, Gods, Goddesses and nonbinary deities in the trans community. Exhibit A @Regran_ed from @angelicaross - "It’s so important to have events like Transgiving where we get our flowers while we’re living." Thank you to @the.root for coming along with me to celebrate and showcase how our community comes together for each other during the holidays. And thank you @mizaniusa for allowing me to give the gift of your #MiracleMilk hair care product to every single person who attended! #TDOR #transdayofremembrance #transisbeautiful #chosenfamily #posefx #houseofabundance - #regrann
8,909 Likes | 1993 days ago | 49
Today is #TransDayOfRemembrance the day we take time out to remember the trans folks we have lost in the past year to anti trans violence. Remembering and honoring our dead is vitally important every day. But what does it mean to be engaged in the work on a daily basis, year round so that trans people aren't murdered in the first place?. That work is complicated and intersectional. For those interested in that work please click on the link in my bio to a Twitter thread from @them which contains some amazing think pieces which encourage us to critically engage with the project of truly valuing the lives of trans people. #TransIsBeautiful #TransDayOfRemembrance
9,118 Likes | 1994 days ago | 37
@Ava's tribute to #CicelyTyson last night brought tears to my eyes. Watch, share and celebrate this living legend. #blackexcellence #blackgirlmagic
19,493 Likes | 1994 days ago | 86
Last night the living legend #CicelyTyson received an honorary Oscar. 45 years ago she was nominated for a Best Actress in a leading role Oscar for the film "Sounder." Interestingly Diana Ross was also nominated that year for Best Actress. It was only the 2nd and 3rd time black women had been so recognized. Liza Minelli won that year for her iconic performance in Cabaret. In 1955 Dorothy Dandridge became the first black woman nominated for a best Actress in a leading role Oscar. In 1940 Hattie McDaniel won a supporting actress Oscar for "Gone With The Wind," the first black actress so honored. Halle Berry is still the only black woman to win a best Actress Oscar. Only 6 other black women have won supporting actress Oscars: Whoopi Goldberg, Jennifer Hudson, Mo'nique, Octavia Spencer, Lupita N'ango, Viola Davis. Oprah Winfrey received an honorary Oscsr in 2011 for her Humanitarian work. We love you Ms. Tyson and owe you so very much. Thank you and congratulations! #blackexcellence #blackgirlmagic #oscars
20,190 Likes | 1994 days ago | 256
#motivationmonday "When we deny our stories, they define us. When we own our stories, we get to write a brave new ending." Brene Brown............................................ Here's to writing brave new endings today!❤❤❤ #TransIsBeautiful #glamroomchronicles
32,881 Likes | 1995 days ago | 365
#braids #babyhair #TransIsBeautiful #glamroomchronicles #HairBodyFace
20,932 Likes | 1996 days ago | 144
Dressed for tonight's shindig. Dress @tadashishoji Jewelry @maxiorjoias, @levian_jewelry Earrings @as29finejewellery makeup @beautybytayrivera hair @kendragarvey styled by @christinajpacelli #TransIsBeautiful #glamroomchronicles
15,166 Likes | 1997 days ago | 137
#fbf to my remarks to the @thenewschool graduating class of 2016 when I received my honorary doctorate. "When you move towards your dreams you move towards your divinity." Julia Cameron. #TransIsBeautiful #flashbackfriday
6,281 Likes | 1998 days ago | 53
I love this from @thekyledraper - @thesereneteam is here to help anyone displaced by the #woolseyfire find a rental while they rebuild from this devastation. We will donate 100% of any commission we earn directly to the displaced client or to the fire relief charity of their choice. Please let us know if there’s anything else we can do to help in this time of need ❤️ - #regrann
57,244 Likes | 2000 days ago | 1,453
I'm crying right now trying to write this caption. I am just so overwhelmed reliving getting to meet Rickey and being the first trans person Rickey has ever met in person. Thank you @ashleygraham for introducing me to Rickey on your new show #Fearless for #Ellentube. Thank you Rickey for inspiring me and being a huge part of why I do what I do. Click on the link in my bio to watch the full episode. #transawarenessweek #TransIsBeautiful #ashleygraham #ellendegeneres #ellen
107,137 Likes | 2000 days ago | 933
#TransformationTuesday #TransIsBeautiful
33,475 Likes | 2001 days ago | 570
More #MondayMotivation. #glamroomchronicles #motivation #TransIsBeautiful
36,023 Likes | 2002 days ago | 249
#mondaymotivation @michelleobama on the cover of @elleusa. No more words are needed.
24,645 Likes | 2003 days ago | 307
It was an honor and pleasure to narrate #ValleyOfTheDolls in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the legendary book for @audible. I couldn't believe I had never read this iconic book. This was my chance to see what all the buzz has been about for the past 50 years. Go check it out on Audible. ................ #Audible #LaverneCox @oitnb #audiobook #audiobooks #Anniversary #NowOnAudible #Audicted #Listening #Bookworm #Booklover #Audiobookworm #audiobooklover - #TransIsBeautiful
60,373 Likes | 2003 days ago | 624
#TransIsBeautiful. Just a few trans models rocking runways all over the world. There are so many more that we dont know about and that we do. There always have been. Keep slaying ladies!
12,054 Likes | 2004 days ago | 83
#TransIsBeautiful on the streets, in magazines, on the internet, on television, in the bedroom, on the runway. #Everywhere
8,333 Likes | 2004 days ago | 63
We have so much to learn from black women in general and particularly black women of this generation and before. This connected to me deeply today because with race I knew it was everyone else's problem growing up but I didn't know that about gender. I thought I was some how defective and wrong because I was treated as less than because I was so feminine growing up. I would add that the structural nature of racism, sexism, transphobia, ableism etc becomes the problem of those oppressed by these systems. But I think what #DiahannCarroll is saying here is that they can oppress or colonize you in the world but in the face of that your spirit need not be colonized. You mustn't feel less than because of someone else's problem. #blackexcellence #blackgirlmagic #legend #Icon
14,538 Likes | 2005 days ago | 126
Last night for the #vsfashionshow I wore: .................... Ensemble @zaidaffas, jewelry @_katkim, bag @dior makeup and photo by @merrellhollis hair @bradleyirion styled by @christinajpacelli ..................... Congratulations to all the women who walked and worked the runway last night. Victoria's Secret is a dream job for so many models. I love seeing women live their dreams. .................. #TransIsBeautiful
15,184 Likes | 2005 days ago | 135
The #vsfashionshow seating assignments were pretty lit. Thank you for having us! #TransIsBeautiful
7,671 Likes | 2006 days ago | 93
#bts of my @herringandherring #covershoot wearing @csiriano. Click on the link in my bio to pre-order the issue. #TransIsBeautiful
6,171 Likes | 2006 days ago | 43
#bts of my cover shoot for @herringandherring magazine. Click on the link in my bio to pre-order your copy. I am still obsessed with #Shallow by @ladygaga. #extra #TransIsBeautiful
7,556 Likes | 2007 days ago | 65
So honored to cover the latest issue of @herringandherring. You can pre-order your copy of this issue available on newsstands in December by clicking on the link in my profile: #TransIsBeautiful Photography: @herringanherring Stylist: @Anna_schilling Makeup: @beautybytayrivera Hair: @nettyjordan Nails: @merricures
84,952 Likes | 2007 days ago | 597
Thank you Massachusetts. Thank you to every citizen who spoke up, spoke out, volunteered. Thank you to the organizations, activists, to the voters who made #YesOn3 a reality, protecting the rights of trans Bay Staters and sending a message to the administration and to the nation. #WeWontBeErased #transrightsarehumanrights #TransIsBeautiful I love you all!
6,791 Likes | 2008 days ago | 68
When we lift our voices and speak, we can change the world. Your vote is your voice. You can change the world. #VOTE. #YesOn3 #YesOn3MA #WeWontBeErased #transrightsarehumanrights #TransIsBeautiful
4,108 Likes | 2008 days ago | 17
Get out and #vote. Massachusetts vote #YesOn3 to protect trans rights. Choose love not fear. #WeWontBeErased #transrightsarehumanrights #TransIsBeautiful
7,136 Likes | 2009 days ago | 45
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13,431 Likes | 2009 days ago | 83
#vote #YesOn3 Massachusetts to protect trans rights in the Bay State. Vote cause it matters. #WeWontBeErased #transrightsarehumanrights #TransIsBeautiful
13,849 Likes | 2010 days ago | 239
Going into the voting booth like.. .......................... #YesOn3 #YesOn3MA #WeWontBeErased #transrightsarehumanrights #TransIsBeautiful #glamroomchronicles
5,022 Likes | 2011 days ago | 32
This moment brought unexpected tears to my eyes this morning. I think it's in part because I am still raw from seeing #AmericanSon last night. But I think it's also because regardless of the results of the election on Tuesday #StaceyAbrams' candidacy in so many ways is the dream realized. That seems so clear to me watching #MyrlieEvers endorsement of Abrams on #AMJoy this morning. The fight that is continuing to be waged for #VotingRights in Georgia exemplified in Abrams' candidacy and all over this nation split screen with the living history of that fight in Mrs. Evers feels like God to me. As problematic as it is that we must continue to fight for voting rights in 2018, Stacey Abrams candidacy and those who have stumped for her (particularly this week), #BarackObama, #EricHolder, #JohnLewis and #OprahWinfrey represent the best of our nation and who we can be. #Excellence, #Love #Empathy #Hope #Possibility #Healing. We can heal. We can #vote
65,514 Likes | 2011 days ago | 500
#TransIsBeautiful #WeWontBeErased #transrightsarehumanrights #YesOn3 #YesOn3MA #love #VOTE
33,129 Likes | 2011 days ago | 132
I was a teary mess after seeing #AmericanSon tonight on Broadway but my makeup done by @theladydeja at 11am held up beautifully through the tears...... This play is a must see. @kerrywashington you are a national treasure. You, @stevepasquale, Jeremy and Eugene made me feel things I haven't allowed myself to feel because I have feared it would be too much. It is, indeed, too much. But I was reminded tonight you gotta feel it to heal it. Thanks for the healing. Go see this play.
29,139 Likes | 2011 days ago | 790
Olivia needs your help Massachusetts. Please vote #YesOn3 #YesOn3MA #WeWontBeErased #transrightsarehumanrights #TransIsBeautiful. Olivia is so beautiful. Please share.
9,060 Likes | 2011 days ago | 45
#IVoted. What an honor and privilege to vote this time perhaps more than any other. I did an in person absentee ballot today. We dont have official early voting in New York State. We need to work on that. We can change things if we VOTE. Please join me and VOTE. MASSACHUSETTS please VOTE #YESON3. #WeWontBeErased #TransRightsAreHumanRights #TransIsBeautiful #istandwithimmigrants. #love
45,415 Likes | 2012 days ago | 95
@Regran_ed from @selenisleyvaofficial - #latinaequalpay #latina workers on average make only 53 cents for every $1 a man is paid . The gap has widened since last year and for some it’s even worse. This is an injustice and there is still so much to do for Latinas to be treated equally. I am #phenomenallylatina and I support Latina equal pay!! @phenomenal.ly T-shirt proceeds benefit the national Latina institute for reproductive health. - #regrann
13,467 Likes | 2012 days ago | 166
Let the church say, "Amen." Preach Ms. Winfrey. #Oprah #StaceyAbrams. #YesOn3 #YesOn3MA Massachusetts. #vote.
7,588 Likes | 2012 days ago | 45
Please vote November 6. Massachusetts please vote #YesOn3. Love you all! The song is "Please" by @saro available on @Spotify. #WeWontBeErased #transrightsarehumanrights #TransIsBeautiful
28,164 Likes | 2013 days ago | 176
I love you my sister. @peppermint247 #TransIsBeautiful @Regran_ed from @peppermint247 - I'm feeling very vulnerable making this Post but it's important. Today marks a special day, as we have reached DAY 7 of my #7DaysofAction plan! To me, this day was actually the simplest and yet most difficult thing to do, as this is a call for both love of self, and love for others in the #trans and #gnc community. As a six-foot tall black #transgender woman, I was plagued for years by my own fear and self-doubt. I fell under the belief that I was too tall, my hands were too large, my voice was too deep etc. I felt I'd not only never be deemed attractive, but never be passable as a woman with the body and blackness I was born into. Historically, the test of a trans woman was always how well she could 'pass', or how undetectable she could be - I was aware that just by virtue of being who I was and in the body I was born I would never have that ability. Some do, Many don't. This is why I never felt comfortable around other groups trans women. Even to this day, I feel I don't necessarily fit in with other trans women because of my love, history and connection to the art of drag - my stature makes me stick out like a sore thumb. So, with the platform I was given I'm committed to being as vocal/visible as possible to make this journey more welcoming for the younger versions of ourselves who have yet to travel it. Unfortunately, I've seen my fair share of young trans internet personalities using their platform to poke fun at #genderqueer and #gendernonconforming folks and irresponsibly mis-advise fans to just 'blend in'. We all have a story. We all have history. We all have reasons for doing what we've done. But, I'm hoping that we can eventually find a stronger bond within the trans and gender-nonconforming communities. #transisbeautiful #transrightsarehumanrights #transqueen #misspeppermint #transallyship - #regrann
26,782 Likes | 2014 days ago | 302
When I get to travel and meet everyday Americans and see how they stand up for themselves and each other, how they love each other it makes me believe that anything is possible. That kind of love will set us free. Early voting has begun in many states including Massachusetts. Bay Staters you can send a message to the rest of this country. By voting #YesOn3 you can stand up for trans rights, for the humanity of trans people and reclaim the humanity of America. We can choose love not fear when we vote. We can choose love and not fear today. #vote #YesOn3MA #WeWontBeErased #transrightsarehumanrights #TransIsBeautiful
21,966 Likes | 2014 days ago | 124
This picture makes me so happy. In the moment I was like, "Babe you are covered in my lipstick. We need to get that off of you. It's very bozo" Now I am like, "Babe you rocked that!" ❤❤❤❤❤#vote #YesOn3 Massachusetts #WeWontBeErased #TransIsBeautiful
9,623 Likes | 2015 days ago | 61
I stand with my sisters to urge you to VOTE! I’m voting to protect our healthcare, to put an end to school shootings. I’m voting for LGBTQ+ rights, for women’s rights. #BecauseItMatters. On November 6th, we’re all in this together. Text “Vote” to 433-67 to make a plan to vote. - #YesOn3 in Massachusetts #YesOn3MA #WeWontBeErased #transrightsarehumanrights #TransIsBeautiful
3,955 Likes | 2015 days ago | 27
In 2016 the state legislature passed a bill to protect the trans citizens of Massachusetts from discrimination. Opponents of trans rights are using fear tactics to try to strip away these protections with question 3 on the ballot in Massachusetts this midterm election. Listen to the actual trans people in this video. Listen to us. See our humanity. Share these videos and encourage everyone you know in Massachusetts to #vote #YesOn3. Early voting has begun. #VoteYesOn3MA #VoteYesOn3 to protect trans rights in Massachusetts. #WeWontBeErased #transrightsarehumanrights #TransIsBeautiful
63,643 Likes | 2015 days ago | 681
This happened yesterday at the #worldseries. @labamby and the activists of the @translatinacoalition unfurled a trans flag stating #TransPeopleDeserveToLive. Please check out the amazing work of the Trans Latina Coalition and support their work and support your trans siblings and fellow citizens. Encourage everyone in Massachusetts to vote #YesOn3 to protect trans rights in that state. Early voting has begun in Massachusetts and in many states. #vote #WeWontBeErased #transrightsarehumanrights #TransIsBeautiful
11,975 Likes | 2016 days ago | 68
What an amazing honor to celebrate the groundbreaking @poseonfx at the Outfest Legacy Awards last night and to present @svcanals, @ourladyj @janetmock @theebillyporter and @angelbcuriel with the Trailblazer award. I love you all. #PoseFX you have set a new bar. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! #TransIsBeautiful #WeWontBeErased #lgbtqia
11,195 Likes | 2016 days ago | 62
At the Outfest Legacy awards tonight wearing Dress @tarikedizofficial, jewelry @harrykotlar, @pheresofficial, @levian_jewelry @effyjewelry, shoes @kennethcole. Massachusetts vote #YesOn3 #TransIsBeautiful
21,504 Likes | 2016 days ago | 234
Earlier tonight, ready for the Outfest Legacy Awards. #glamroomchronicles #TransIsBeautiful
6,656 Likes | 2016 days ago | 40
Sang @qingjaila. Follow this amazing artist and support her work. #TransIsBeautiful @Regran_ed from @qingjaila - #FBF is brought to u by request 🙏🏿 • • #GodSaveTheQing coming THIS NOVEMBER ☺️🙌🏿🙏🏿 • BTW if u haven’t downloaded my New Music #HELP #DontNeedIt prod by @qbsmith_ and @beatzart the link is in my Bio😘 • #BlackLivesMatter #TransLivesMatter • • • For Booking Inquiries Email: [email protected] follow my journey: #TransRockstar #Singer #Songwriter #Producer #Actress #Arranger #lgbtq #TransPride #GirlsLikeUs #RnB #HipHop #UrbanAlternative #Pop #Dance #blackgirlmagic #transisbeautiful - #regrann
14,773 Likes | 2017 days ago | 57
Last night. #instylebadasswomen dinner. #TransIsBeautiful #women #solidarity #vote #YesOn3 in Massachusetts
7,754 Likes | 2017 days ago | 28
Last night was so healing. What an honor to share space with the incredible women in this photo and more who attended the #instylebadasswomen dinner last night celebrating @traceeellisross's iconic @instylemagazine cover and badass women everywhere. It was amazing connecting with you all last night. #TransIsBeautiful #solidarity #women
49,239 Likes | 2017 days ago | 263
"We grieve for the Americans murdered in Pittsburgh. All of us have to fight the rise of anti-Semitism and hateful rhetoric against those who look, love, or pray differently. And we have to stop making it so easy for those who want to harm the innocent to get their hands on a gun."- Barack Obama
34,709 Likes | 2017 days ago | 355
"Longing for change...". Tell everyone you know in Massachusetts to #vote #YesOn3 Nov. 6 to protect trans civil rights. You can also vote now in Massachusetts. Early voting is open. #TransIsBeautiful #transrightsarehumanrights #WeWontBeErased #bodypositivity #thick the song is #Shallow by #ladygaga #gym #exercise #ExerciseYourFranchise
9,468 Likes | 2017 days ago | 46
Wednesday meeting with Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey and her staff to discuss the #YesOn3 campaign and keeping civil rights protections in place for trans Bay Staters. Stand with trans Americans and amplify #YesOn3 to keep civil rights protections for trans folks in Massachusetts. #WeWontBeErased #transrightsarehumanrights #TransIsBeautiful
19,333 Likes | 2018 days ago | 201
Please #vote Nov. 6. Please amplify #YesOn3 to encourage citizens of Massachusetts to #VoteYesOn3 to protect trans rights in Massachusetts. Please practice self love and self care and love each other. This song is by @saro called and it's #Please. Stream it on @spotify. #WeWontBeErased #transrightsarehumanrights #TransIsBeautiful #love #glamroomchronicles
55,467 Likes | 2018 days ago | 420
"Justice is what love looks like in public and tenderness is what love looks like in private" Cornel West. Love you @thekyledraper. #TransIsBeautiful #transrightsarehumanrights #WeWontBeErased #YesOn3 #YesOn3MA #glamroomchronicles
50,668 Likes | 2018 days ago | 429
#fbf at the #InstyleAwards Monday night wearing johannaortizofficial from @novaocto, earrings and ring @anabelachan, ring @levian_jewelry, shoes @stuartweitzman. Makeup @beautybytayrivera Hair @kiyahwright1 styled by @christinajpacelli #WeWontBeErased #transrightsarehumanrights #TransIsBeautiful #YesOn3 #YesOn3MA
7,401 Likes | 2019 days ago | 62
The citizens of Massachusetts have the opportunity to keep civil rights protections in place for transgender citizens in their state and send a message to the entire country. Please watch and share and encourage everyone you know in Massachusetts to vote #YesOn3. Early voting has begun in Massachusetts. You can vote now. #WeWontBeErased #transrightsarehumanrights #TransIsBeautiful
7,088 Likes | 2020 days ago | 58
Thank you Boston, Massachusetts for welcoming me with such open arms yesterday. I was so invigorated meeting so many of you and hearing some of your stories and about your amazing work. Early voting has begun in Massachusetts. Please vote! #ExerciseYourFranchise. #VoteYesOn3 #YesOn3. My full remarks are linked in my bio. Please share far and wide and send messages of love through your votes. #WeWontBeErased #transrightsarehumanrights #TransIsBeautiful
12,263 Likes | 2020 days ago | 194
#YesOn3 #YesOn3MA #WeWontBeErased #transrightsarehumanrights #TransIsBeautiful
13,812 Likes | 2020 days ago | 66
Thank you @massteacher for this photo with some of the amazing trans young people I met today in Boston and thank you for supporting #YesOn3 #WeWontBeErased #TransIsBeautiful Regrann from @massteacher - Today we joined with educators, parents, students, community members and LBGTQ activists – including tv star @LaverneCox – to celebrate #transgender youth and urge everyone to vote #YesOn3 to keep them safe and protected from discrimination. - #regrann
12,919 Likes | 2020 days ago | 39
Ryley @thegaythey and Olivia thank you for your amazing work on #YesOn3. Such an honor and pleasure meeting you today. #TransIsBeautiful #WeWontBeErased #transrightsarehumanrights
6,683 Likes | 2020 days ago | 27
@ashtonmota thank you for sharing your brilliance today on behalf of #YesOn3 and the humanity of trans folks everywhere. #TransIsBeautiful
19,816 Likes | 2021 days ago | 335
There was a glitch in my original post of this. This is the amended version. It's too important to not have right: Must watch: I love #ChaseStrangio's assessment of where we are at this moment with some anti trans policy initiatives ahead of the midterm elections. #WeWontBeErased #transrightsarehumanrights #TransIsBeautiful
22,820 Likes | 2021 days ago | 127
@indyamoore brilliantly captures the emotion of this moment for so many trans people. We are a brilliant people, we are a resilient people. We are a beautiful people. For her full remarks from Sunday's rally in Washington Square Park go to @therealsararamirez's Twitter page. #TransIsBeautiful #WeWontBeErased #transrightsarehumanrights
53,820 Likes | 2021 days ago | 962
On #MSNBC earlier. We can embrace love not fear. They want to make us afraid. But we need not be afraid. #WeWontBeErased #transrightsarehumanrights #TransIsBeautiful
30,551 Likes | 2021 days ago | 374
#YesOn3 #YesOn3MA #WeWontBeErased #transrightsarehumanrights #TransIsBeautiful
15,676 Likes | 2022 days ago | 118
See you tonight Los Angeles. 200 N Main St, Los Angeles, CA 90012. City Hall. #WeWontBeErased #TransRightsAreHumanRights #TransIsBeautiful
104,117 Likes | 2023 days ago | 1,306
#WeWontBeErased #TransPeopleWontBeErased #TransRightsAreHumanRights #TransIsBeautiful
11,951 Likes | 2023 days ago | 104
I dont know about you but I need something happy today. Please enjoy these beautiful moments from @poseonfx brought to you by Pray Tell aka amazing and soon to be Emmy winning @theebillyporter. #WeWontBeErased #TransPeopleCannotBeErased #TransIsBeautiful
5,804 Likes | 2023 days ago | 35
NYC come out tonight in support of your trans friends, family and neighbors. #transrightsarehumanrights #TransIsBeautiful
27,230 Likes | 2024 days ago | 271
We must not give up the fight. But in the face of this affront on my existence and the existence of my community I choose love not fear. I choose love not fear. I choose love not fear. We exist and always have. .......... In indigenous cultures all over the world gender existed beyond the binary and folks who we would call trans today held sacred places in those cultures. Western colonialism drove those trans folks to the margins but we have always been here. Marginalizing trans folks is another Example of the brutality of colonialism. ......... This latest administration effort to legislate trans folks out of existence is yet another example of why the fight for gender equity must be intersectional and necessarily must include trans folks. Trans folks need everyone to stand with us in this fight, to let our government know this is not who we are. .......... We need the citizens of Massachusetts to #VoteYesOn3 Nov. 6 to send a strong message that you value the lives of your trans friends, family and neighbors. ........... Trans people have been under attack by this administration from day 1 and in state legislatures for years now. Let's join together America and assert #TransRightsAreHumanRights. #TransIsBeautiful
29,271 Likes | 2024 days ago | 332
Loving this hair by @larryjarahsims and makeup by @beautybytayrivera. And this song by @trueneek featuring @saro. Been obsessed with this song since I heard them do it live last night at Neek's EP release party. @mateosound #TransIsBeautiful #glamroomchronicles
23,771 Likes | 2025 days ago | 184
#bts of my cover photo shoot for @selfmagazine. #fbf #TransIsBeautiful song is Shallow from #AStarIsBorn soundtrack. #ladygaga
22,507 Likes | 2026 days ago | 235
One of my favorite quotes from my interview with @nymag for their #WomenAndPower issue. Click on the link in my bio for the full interview #TransIsBeautiful
15,042 Likes | 2026 days ago | 65
#fbf 2009 shooting our short lived #VH1 makeover show "Transform Me." So for this episode that we shot in West Virgina, our makeover subject had a fear of heights. So we thought to help her get over that we should have her rappel off a cliff which is something all her friends did and she was afraid to do. I thought it would be fabulous to do it with her in a bodysuit, of course, because I am afraid of heights too. This is what I wore. I wanted to do it in heels but they said that wasn't safe. Thank God!! #flashbackfriday #TransIsBeautiful !
18,471 Likes | 2026 days ago | 222
Its #LaverneCoxDay in the City of San Francisco. Thank you San Francisco and Mayor Breed. Thank you @smallglimpses and @translawcenter for the Vanguard Award tonight and for presenting me with this proclamation. Love you @shelbymt. We can choose love and not fear today. #TransIsBeautiful
10,045 Likes | 2026 days ago | 63
I'm against bullying. Stand with me. Protect #lgbtq+ youth. #spiritday. Thanks @doriasantlofer for this outtake from our @selfmagazine photoshoot. #TransIsBeautiful
27,078 Likes | 2027 days ago | 206
#bts of my @selfmagazine photo shoot. Oh how I have been waiting to share this with you!!!. Time step anyone? #TransIsBeautiful #Countdown #beyonce link in my bio for my #selfmagazine profile
65,530 Likes | 2027 days ago | 1,015
"My body matters...but I am more than my body" click on the link in my bio to check out my most revealing interview yet. @selfmagazine #TransIsBeautiful
61,926 Likes | 2027 days ago | 1,258
Oh lord. Lol. Getting really real and raw here. Click on the link in my bio for the full video. #TransIsBeautiful. https://youtu.be/z-ylx6vhiZc
60,088 Likes | 2028 days ago | 432
I was so nervous about this cover story coming out. It's not easy constantly being vulnerable in public but that's part of my job as an actor and part of my work in loving myself more and healing as a human being. I have to challenge myself to be more vulnerable, to peel back more layers. I don't always do that publicly. It's not always safe to do the work of being vulnerable in public spaces. But here is another attempt from me to be more vulnerable in a public forum. Thank you @selfmagazine for making me feel safe enough to go there. Photographer: Carissa Gallo @carissajg Wardrobe Styling by Doria Santlofer @doriasantlofer Makeup by Deja Smith @theladydeja Hair by Kendra Garvey @kendragarvey Manicure by Emi Kudo @nailsbyemikudo. Click on the link in my profile to read @1demerith's profile where I get candid about somethings I am scared for you to read about. Here goes. #TransIsBeautiful
15,472 Likes | 2028 days ago | 178
#TransIsBeautiful
4,966 Likes | 2028 days ago | 34
The Instagram photo booth was lit last night at the #ellewih gala. Catch me hit myself in the face with my dress but I kept going. Keep going everyone! I am still so completely blown away, inspired and processing what I heard from the incredible women who spoke and were honored last night. I love being a woman. #TransIsBeautiful
54,519 Likes | 2029 days ago | 394
#ellewih #ellewomeninhollywood #TransIsBeautiful
16,384 Likes | 2029 days ago | 89
Thank you @ninagarcia, @elleusa and all tonight's speakers and honorees for a truly powerful, empowering and inspiring evening. @shondarhimes @yarashahidi, #AnitaHill @mssarahcatharinepaulson @charlizeafrica #keiraKnightley, @ladygaga @im.angelabassett @lupitanyongo @danaigurira and @realmiafarrow, you all inspire me so very much. I have heard the call through your work and (from those of you who spoke tonight) through your words. Thank you! #ellewih #ellewomeninhollywood Dress @toni_maticevski from @novaocto, jewelry @heartsinfireco hair @hair_kritic_trenee makeup @beautybytayrivera styled by @christinajpacelli #TransIsBeautiful
33,805 Likes | 2029 days ago | 386
#bts of my photoshoot for @harpersbazaarus #WomenWhoDare #TransIsBeautiful
3,521 Likes | 2029 days ago | 14
Can't wait to see you on Thursday San Francisco to celebrate the incredible work of @translawcenter. Link in bio to get your tickets and support their vital work. #TransIsBeautiful #transrightsarehumanrights
5,671 Likes | 2030 days ago | 38
See this show. It's #EVERYTHING. #SellBuyDate has me shook AF after seeing it tonight. @yesimsarahjones is a genius.
2,982 Likes | 2030 days ago | 10
#SellBuyDate written and performed by @yesimsarahjones is the best show I have seen since @hamiltonmusical. It would be more than enough if Sarah Jones just performed her beautifully crafted, hilarious and moving characters with her flawless accents and incredible emotional flexibility. She is a truly gifted actress. But the world Jones has conceived and the way she expertly takes us into it is pure genius. Genius! And her message is one we desperately need for our times. Everyone needs to see this show. Los Angeles get yourselves to this show before it ends. It will change your life. Link in my bio to get your tickets. I am definitely going back to see it again. See you there! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sellbuydate-tickets-49114766589
8,660 Likes | 2031 days ago | 70
I just heard about the passing of one of the greatest operatic artists of the 20th century. Oh the joy Caballe's artistic brought to me and to the world!!! #ripmonserratcaballe #Caballe #MonserratCaballe #opera
16,213 Likes | 2031 days ago | 107
Test shot for my shoot for the @harpersbazaarus #WomenWhoDare issue. I can choose today to not react to the madness. I can separate myself from the insanity and choose to connect to a power greater than the noise and the distractions. My power is not in embracing fear but rather love and hope and proceeding into the world today from that place. #TransIsBeautiful #vote #YesOn3 #YesOn3MA makeup @theladydeja hair @cesar4styles photographed by @williamshirakawa
157,892 Likes | 2032 days ago | 3,498
Yes yes yes. Thanks @gabunion for all this #blackgirlmagic on a Saturday morning hallelujah and Amen. I'm speaking in tongues too but I don't know how to type that out. Praise be. ....................... @Regran_ed from @gabunion - This is me right after someone says I be doing way tew much... Ma'am. Sir. You haven't seen shit. Hold my purse. Stand back while I thoroughly enjoy my life while you comment on my joy. LIVE LOVE LAUGH folks! Thank you @dance_n_out for this timely reminder. Keep shining #GabBeingGab - #regrann
5,176 Likes | 2033 days ago | 19
Please read this post from the brilliant @mxviv a d have a great day. Love you and miss you V. ......................... @Regran_ed from @mxviv - I’m not sure I ever came out, but I sure do have a lot of gay friends!!! (Hello, @toddthomasnyc, I love you! I found this old picture of us today.). Anyways, In sixth grade I overheard some boys saying I’d done some sex stuff I hadn’t done. I’d thought about it though. Did that make me gay? I was definitely gay as far as they were concerned, that’s for sure. At that point I didn’t even know what gay was! When I was in my 20s my dad asked me if I was gay and I lied and said yes. I didn’t want to say I was bi because I didn’t want to hold out hope that one day I’d find the “right girl.” I wasn’t lying when I came out as trans but no one seemed to pay too much attention, they just went back to calling me “he” until I started screaming at them about it. Being trans is confusing. They don’t call it “dysphoria” for nothing. And people don’t help. Usually it’s the opposite. Suffice it to say coming out is not easy -especially when you’re not sure what you are and your desires and fantasies keep changing. It takes a long time to find the right people to love you and that can make it hard to love yourself. My advice is to just keep trying. Check in with yourself and remember that the truth changes. No one truth lasts a lifetime so being honest with yourself is a lifelong process but it’s worth it. If you’re lucky you’ll find good people who can stick with you through the changes. The most important thing is to stay alive to see what happens next! So I guess this day after Coming Out Day post is my way of coming out as “glambivalent.” I’m everything, but of course, that also makes me nothing. #nationalcomingoutday #glambivalent #nonbinary #wewhoareeverything -
6,462 Likes | 2033 days ago | 42
Massachusetts please vote #YesOn3 Nov. 6 to continue to protect your trans family members, friends and neighbors in public accommodations in your state. #YesOn3MA #TransIsBeautiful #transrightsarehumanrights thank you Freedommassachusetts.org for this ad
4,787 Likes | 2033 days ago | 34
The cover shot makes it look like I am saying "How U Doin?" A la @WendyWilliams but I am actually saying #BeAVoter. Vote Nov 26. #YesOn3 #YesOn3MA
29,124 Likes | 2034 days ago | 301
Happy #NationalComingOutDay. #TransIsBeautiful #Vote Nov. 6 #ChooseLoveNotFear #YesOn3 #YesOn3MA #glamroomchronicles
38,847 Likes | 2034 days ago | 572
#nomakeup #nofilter #nowig #noweave. #norelaxer. Just me getting a blow out from the legend @kimblehaircare #bts of my music video #beatforthegods last December. I love every lace, frontal, bundle, , unit hair enhancement fantasy you can imagine. I love this too. It's all good!!! #TransIsBeautiful
18,009 Likes | 2035 days ago | 144
My #wcw #WomenWhoDare, who dare to speak the truth, to own our stories so that they don't own us, to speak that truth to power, amplifying our own stories, lifting up the stories of others. The truth shall set you free. #TransIsBeautiful
18,040 Likes | 2035 days ago | 55
#powerofwomen. Thank you all for inspiring me and all of us so much! Congrats on this amazing honor. Let's take the power of women to the ballot boxes Nov. 6. Let's let them all feel our power. #Vote #midterms @variety
28,053 Likes | 2035 days ago | 282
Massachusetts, transgender rights are on the ballot November 6. Make sure when you #vote to scroll all the way down and #VoteYesOn3. This vote will make sure trans folks remain protected in public accommodations in your state. Please share this and tell everyone you know in Massachusetts to #VoteYesOn3MA for your trans family, friends, neighbors and the people who love and care about us, for everyone who cares about equal access and the dignity and humanity of all people. Thank you so much!!!! #TransIsBeautiful #transrightsarehumanrights thank you Ryley Cogans @thegaythey for making this video
8,195 Likes | 2036 days ago | 59
Why I am #voting Nov. 6. I hope you will join me and vote as well. Massachusetts #VoteYesOn3 to protect trans Bay Staters. #TransIsBeautiful #Vote #midterms
55,545 Likes | 2036 days ago | 402
#sisters #solidarity #empathy #love #WomenWhoDare....................................................................... Laverne: " I was talking to a straight black man, I won't say his name—I think some people know him—and he said 'I learned patriarchy from my mother, where you have to be a real man'...What does it mean for the women of the world to not raise their children in patriarchal ways?" Click on the link in my bio for the full conversation #TransIsBeautiful #IntersectionalFeminism #intersectionality
34,170 Likes | 2037 days ago | 158
So honored to be featured in @harpersbazaarus's #WomenWhoDare issue on Newsstands Oct. 23rd. The brilliant, beautiful, woke inspiring soul that is @rosariodawson and I have a most invigorating conversation (invigorating for me at least) about #IntersectionalFeminism. The issue also features JANE FONDA, PATRISSE KHAN-CULLORS, GABRIELLE GIFFORDS, EDNA CHAVEZ and more . ......................................................... An excerpt from my conversation with Rosario conversation: Laverne: "I think the vulnerability piece that @BreneBrown always talks about is that accountability can only happen when we allow ourselves to be vulnerable and to say “I made a mistake and I was wrong.” That is a deeply vulnerable act; to be accountable. And if we can start to be accountable to each other maybe then we can understand what accountability looks like in our politics, in our systems historically. And then we can maybe begin to understand that there is a history, there's a long history of women being disenfranchised in this country. There's a long history of trans people, of undocumented people, of people with disabilities.." #TransIsBeautiful #Vote #MeToo #vulnerability #Love #Empathy click ok the link in my bio for the full conversation
15,737 Likes | 2038 days ago | 112
Boom!!!! @Regran_ed from @ledisi - #MOOD #EVERYDAYOFMYLIFE Ain’t none of this is new. #keepitmoving #VOTE Thanks @yarashahidi for a word from our ancestor 👑 #mayaangelou #ariesrule - #regrann
10,228 Likes | 2038 days ago | 133
The lyrics to this song and these voices are calming and soothing my spirit right now. I am thinking of the "you" in the title as justice, salvation, love. "Like a warrior that fights and wins the battle I know the taste of victory Though I went through some nights consumed by the shadows I was crippled emotionally Somehow I made it through the heartache, yes, I did I escaped I found my way out of the darkness I kept my faith, kept my faith When the river was deep, I didn't falter When the mountain was high, I still believed When the valley was low, it didn't stop me, no no I knew you were waiting, I knew you were waiting for me"
8,220 Likes | 2039 days ago | 191
This history lesson of sorts from Jon Meachum was very useful for me today to put into perspective what we have been witnessing with these Senate hearings and the likely confirmation of #BretKavanaugh tomorrow. This likely confirmation will be the realization of a decades long project from conservatives to turn an already right leaning court even more so for a generation, perhaps the most conservative court we have seen since Jim Crow. The conservatives who control the government at the moment would let nothing get in the way of this goal. .......................................................................... The past few weeks have brought up so much trauma for me as well and for so many, for survivors and just folks who want to see justice. We know what we have witnessed is not justice. It is not democracy. It has been crucial for me this week to first address the trauma that has emerged in my nervous system from all this. The nervous system doesn't know a trauma happened 20 years ago. When triggered the body experiences the trauma as if it's happening in the moment........................................................... I have have had to remind myself that trauma biologically evokes a fight, flight or freeze response. When I am in fight, flight or freeze I am of no use to myself or the world. But its important when I am there to acknowledge it and be gentle with myself to move to my resilient zone. My mantra for the week, "I will embrace love and not fear today," was one of the tools I used to move into a more resilient zone. I am also engaging somatic therapeutic tools among other things to heal. Today I want to choose to have an historic perspective, acknowledge how traumatizing all this is, actively do the work to heal the trauma while acknowledging how broken and corrupt our political systems are, how invested those in power are to keeping it at all costs and finally how I can be part of a proactive solution while not being reactionary to the many
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I am so honored to appear in @themilajam's new music video for her song "Bruised." She is one of my best girlfriends and an amazingly talented artist. Go to the link in my profile to see the entire video and follow Mila and support her music. I love you Mila!! I am so proud of you! #TransIsBeautiful #girlfriends #Bruised
32,912 Likes | 2041 days ago | 412
Who else is super psyched about #AStarIsBorn? I am also celebrating the 10th Anniversary of the release of The Fame and trying not to think about politics other than let's make sure we are all registered and vote in November. Please Vote EVERYONE!!! Please! LORD HELP US ALL! VOTE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #TransIsBeautiful #ladygaga #paparazzi #TheFame #glamroomchronicles
88,355 Likes | 2041 days ago | 399
Happy #nationalboyfriendday babe. ❤❤❤❤❤
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Up early for work. This is what I need to go forth today. #AmazingGrace #JessyeNorman #gospel #opera #Amen
28,544 Likes | 2042 days ago | 136
Happy Birthday @tracelysette. I want you to know what a gift you are to the world, that the struggle adds to your beauty and depth, that I love you so much! #TransIsBeautiful
10,277 Likes | 2042 days ago | 68
Life happens. Things come up in the world. The body doesn't know the trauma happened 10 or 20 years ago. The body experiences the trauma as if it's happening right now. Easy does it today. This is another opportunity to heal. #TransIsBeautiful
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#nofilter #nomakeup #TransIsBeautiful
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#TransIsBeautiful
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Please read and share this thread from my friend Chase Strangio. There's a measure on the ballot in November in Massachusetts that will make sure that trans folks continue to have public accommodations protections there. Please #VoteYesOn3 and encourage everybody in Massachusetts you know to do the same. #TransIsBeautiful #transrightsarehumanrights #VoteYesOn3
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Yesterday I went live on ig. @therealtsmadison and @qingjaila asked me to sing #AveMaria. This is what came out completely unplanned. Love you Jaila and Maddie. #acapella #opera #Schubert #GlamRoomChronicles #TransIsBeautiful
15,350 Likes | 2044 days ago | 220
#mood...Just listen. Listen to the most marginalized. Prioritize their voices in allyship. Listen to your own internal compass. Listen to the frequency of your higher power. Be ready to LOVINGLY interrogate all you thought you knew to come to new spaces of critical consciousness. #Love #Listen #intersectionality #glamroomchronicles #TransIsBeautiful
8,500 Likes | 2044 days ago | 49
Thank you so much @translawcenter. See you Oct. 18 San Francisco. Link in my bio for information and tickets. #TransIsBeautiful
10,174 Likes | 2045 days ago | 33
Not sure @yarashahidi was trying to give us a a full high fashion pose but she is. Thanks so much Yara for inviting me to be a part of the #wevotenextsummit today. I am so inspired. Go out and vote everyone #vote #TransIsBeautiful
21,083 Likes | 2046 days ago | 261
Who else is dancing cause this week is over? #ladygaga #pokerface #astarisborn #glamroomchronicles #TransIsBeautiful
4,249 Likes | 2046 days ago | 39
When I need inspiration and a sense of hope I think of great artists and great Americans like #MarianAnderson. I need inspiration and hope today. #LetFreedomRing #Justice #hope #inspiration #America
10,718 Likes | 2047 days ago | 70
Thanks for this @mattmcgorry @Regran_ed from @mattmcgorry - Brett Kavanaugh is the symptom. Rape culture and patriarchy is the disease. Same with Trump. Same with the rapists outted by the #MeToo movement (not to mention white supremacy, capitalism, etc). Men, if you actually care...listen to women, and the women on the front lines of the anti-sexist, anti-rape culture, feminist movement and GET TO WORK. And if you’re a man, wondering if I’m talking about YOU, I can assure you that I AM. You need to be a man that OTHER MEN know stands against rape culture. That other men know won’t let this shit slide. That other men can come to you with their questions about what to do to be a part of the solution. We all have circles of influence, and we need to influence them. We don’t deserve credit for not being a Kavanaugh, a Trump, or a Weinstein. The only way to change this world to make it safer for women and girls is to be preemptive and do the shit that you see almost no other men doing. When you see lots of women in your life re-posting an article or a meme about rape culture, but not men doing it, YOU DO IT. Violence against women is *MEN’S* VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN OVER 99% OF THE TIME. This is OUR job to fix. Guys, next time you hear liberal men complaining about Kavanaugh, ask “what are YOU doing to end rape culture?”
66,787 Likes | 2048 days ago | 273
#History Repeating. Thinking about #AnitaHill today and all the survivors who have come forward to make it possible for other survivors to come forward. As troubling as today's hearing is for so many reasons Dr. Christine Blasey Ford's courage in coming forward I believe might be healing for other survivors watching. I believe we cannot heal until we name our pain. Thank you Professor Hill. Thank you Dr. Ford #believesurvivors
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With everything going on in our politics this is what I needed to read today. Thanks @therealalexandrabillings...............................................................................................................@Regran_ed from @therealalexandrabillings - I was raped in an alley in 1983 by a man who attacked me from behind and then ran off. I remember when I was being chased through the park by an abusive lover and when I saw a police car at a stop light, I screamed for help. They saw me, pointed, laughed and drove off. Being transgender was a joke and a crime and asking for help was futile So I didn’t And throughout my life, since I can remember, I was taught silence. Not to get too loud. Not to make too much noise. And not to to take up too much space. My problems were mine and didn’t need to be shared and so my shame became my home and my soul became barren. So I never reported what happened to me. But just because I never reported it, doesn’t mean it didn’t happen I am whole now. I am healing now. I am surrounded by those who didn’t make it, who didn’t survive and I am held by those who did. And so my heroes live in all kinds of bodies and continue on in the stories we tell. And there are still those of us who are silenced and so our job is to be with them. Our job is to stay present. Our job is to believe them No matter how much time has passed Here’s to the heroes we left behind #transrightsarehumanrights #transisbeautiful #metoo #timesup #trumpisatraitor #notokavanaugh #resist #webelongintheroom #webelieveyou #believesurvivors - #regrann
24,351 Likes | 2049 days ago | 148
Thank you @murobhasart for this beautiful piece. I truly love it. Everyone keep posting your beautiful art. I see it and I am grateful for it. ❤❤❤❤❤ #TransIsBeautiful
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15,675 Likes | 2051 days ago | 52
#aboutlastnight. You are so much fun to pose with @rosariodawson #TribecaTVFestival #TransIsBeautiful
8,737 Likes | 2052 days ago | 43
A snippet of my invigorating conversation with queen @rosariodawson last night at the #TribecaTVFestival. Rosario shared so much wisdom, experience, insight, passion and love last night. This woman is the TRUTH! Thank you Rosario!!! Thank you @tribeca and @tumitravel. thanks @allisonrhone for the video #TransIsBeautiful
16,490 Likes | 2053 days ago | 95
#fbf love this shot from CBS upfronts 2016 by @mattphillippsphotography #TransIsBeautiful
17,312 Likes | 2053 days ago | 171
Got to visit NYC'S legendary Coffee Shop one last time before it closes next month. I worked at Coffee Shop for 10 years starting when I was a college student. Transitioned there. So many memories. Had the coconut shrimp and the beans and rice tonight. Show this NYC institution some love before it closes Oct. 11.
2,080 Likes | 2053 days ago | 15
#fbf outtake from my website shoot circa January 2017. Cant believe I never posted this. I love this shot by @michaelwilliamsphoto #TransIsBeautiful
8,098 Likes | 2054 days ago | 63
O say can you see...#fbf. #TransIsBeautiful #blackisbeautiful. I cant change other people or the world. I can only change MY perception (How I frame my experience) and My behavior ( what I do). Then I testify, share my experience, strength. The testimony is merely an invitation for those able to hear and bear witness. AMEN!
14,509 Likes | 2054 days ago | 137
#tbt outtake from January 2017 shoot for my website. #TransIsBeautiful #throwbackthursday
4,083 Likes | 2055 days ago | 25
@theladydeja you have held me down and taken such incredible care of me over the years. You are and amazing makeup artist but an even more incredible friend. Have the best birthday ever. I love you so much!!!
30,583 Likes | 2056 days ago | 489
I don't know how you can listen to this child sing and not feel hope and joy and know that God exists. What a way to start the day! You're welcome! Just bought the @onceislandbway soundtrack. Thank You @thealexnewell. Sang bitch!!!!!
18,636 Likes | 2056 days ago | 188
A little jacuzzi after my workout usually helps with soreness. We shall see. #TransIsBeautiful
4,057 Likes | 2056 days ago | 15
New York City I would love to see you on Saturday for my very special conversation with @rosariodawson as part of the #TribecaTVFestival. Link in my bio to get tickets. See you there. https://www.tribecafilm.com/TVfestival
16,764 Likes | 2056 days ago | 97
Wakanda and @im.angelabassett forever! #angelabassett
41,883 Likes | 2057 days ago | 331
I am thinking about #AnitaHill today, about history repeating, about the hell this woman went through that changed the national conversation on #SexualHarassment but sexual harassment and assault continue. What are we going to do America? Thank you Professor Hill!
8,461 Likes | 2057 days ago | 38
I was so honored to present @abigaildisney with her award for advocacy from the @thecreativecoalition on Saturday night. Thanks Abby for all you do. If anyone has the video of her speech please share it. It was amazing. Find out more about the work of The Creative Coalition and support them. Thanks for all you do Abby and for the amazing example. #forkfilms #televisionindustryadvocacyawards #peace
52,077 Likes | 2057 days ago | 1,336
#ByPopularDemand the #GlamRoomChronicles returns. I have heard you. I am so grateful you all are loving these moments from my closet. I love you all. ❤❤❤❤❤ #TransIsBeautiful
7,014 Likes | 2058 days ago | 17
Love this: Regrann from @yvettenicolebrown - Liiisten, y'all better come on in and get some of this #BeautifulBlackness! Within this pic (our 5th annual!) You will find show creators, family acting (and musical) dynasties, an EGOT, multiple emmy winners, comedy legends, brilliant directors, prolific producers, trailblazers, hollywood walk of fame honorees, fearless activists and even a midwestern nerd.😉 Can you spot them all? Thank you #MPTF for bringing us all together again at your beautiful #EveningBefore #Emmy party. Please enjoy this feast of melanin greatness and then click the @MPTF link and find out what this amazing charity does to help those in need within the entertainment industry. #LoveYallMeanIt @traceeellisross @realtracymorgan @ryanmichelleb @sterlingkbrown @mishatrillxxl @iamreginaking @jurneebell @josiahbell @adinaporter @lenawaithe @lavernecox @erinlsands @niecynash1 @kingofbingo @briantyreehenry @mike___jackson and to the beautiful ones who missed the shot this year, we had a quorum so we had to push thru. Lol! ❤ #ForTheCulture - #regrann
9,807 Likes | 2058 days ago | 42
Makeup @beautybytayrivera hair @kendragarvey love for everyone. #TransIsBeautiful
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Tonight's look. Makeup by @beautybytayrivera hair @kendragarvey #TransIsBeautiful
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And @lesdogggg for the win. How much fun I have at these events is usually in direct proportion to how comfortable my shoes are. Based on that metric Leslie had way more fun than the rest of us. Are you living like I am for the #blackgirlmagic in this photo? #TransIsBeautiful
41,208 Likes | 2058 days ago | 289
#aboutlastnight #closeup. @kiyahwright1 I love my hair so much. Thank you! @beautybytayrivera I love my makeup and that we decided to do no lipstick so I can make out with my man. Lol. #BeatForTheGods. #TransIsBeautiful
14,829 Likes | 2059 days ago | 78
#aboutlastnight wearing Custom suit @michaelcostello, necklace @hsternofficial, jewelry @forevermarkusa, shoes @ruthie_davis, clutch @edie_parker makeup @beautybytayrivera hair @kiyahwright1 styled by @christinajpacelli #TransIsBeautiful
83,954 Likes | 2059 days ago | 415
What a good #Datenight!!! Bae aka @thekyledraper joins me for another installment of #glamroomchronicles to end the night. #TransIsBeautiful #love
55,717 Likes | 2059 days ago | 445
I am so grateful to be an actress working in this golden age of television. As #Emmys weekend begins I thought I would take a look back at my Emmys #redcarpet looks over the years. 2014 @marcbouwer hair @ursulastephen 2015 @calvinklein hair @ursulastephen 2016 @naeemkhannyc hair @kiyahwright1 2017 @naeemkhannyc hair @kiyahwright1 All Makeup by @theladydeja styled by @christinajpacelli #TransIsBeautiful
5,166 Likes | 2060 days ago | 28
@freececedoc is now available on iTunes. This film confronts the culture of violence surrounding trans women of color. It is told through the voices of Laverne Cox and Cece McDonald. Link in my bio to buy or rent the film: https://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/free-cece/id1435687662?ls=1 #TransIsBeautiful #transrightsarehumanrights #FreeCeCe
92,238 Likes | 2061 days ago | 610
#fbf. Wow. The photo circa 2007 was taken at the iconic #LuckyChengs in the East Village of New York City. Working at Chengs was my survival job for many years while I pursued the dream. Sometimes a girl has to work many survival jobs before God decides you are ready to receive the dream. That job and the amazing queens I worked with at Chengs kept me alive for many years. What a journey its been! It's just a blessing to still be alive. #TransIsBeautiful #flashbackfriday
23,176 Likes | 2061 days ago | 171
#glamroomchronicles featuring @viktorluna and the adorable Mickey. Isn't Mickey adorable!? #TransIsBeautiful
11,405 Likes | 2061 days ago | 118
Serving you looks and Smirnoff cocktails all week #NYFW #FunPercent #SmirnoffPartner #TransIsBeautiful
22,148 Likes | 2062 days ago | 230
The song is "Lebe Wohl" by Hugo Wolf from #LeontynePrice's iconic debut recording, A Program of Song 1959. Have you looked in the mirror today and said "I am beautiful. I love you."? Try it. I dare you! #TransIsBeautiful #glamroomchronicles
18,048 Likes | 2063 days ago | 112
An afternoon on the beach. Mommy took the picture. #TransIsBeautiful #nofilter #beach #family
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So much #Emmys history made over the weekend. Werk @johnlegend #EGOT. But 8 also want to shout out @yanceford and his historic win as the first black trans man to win at the Creative Arts Emmys. As I said to Yance on Twitter, " I hope your historic moment inspires trans folks, particularly trans folks of color to stand up a little straighter, dare to dream the dream and know that with vision, hard work and excellence it can come true. #TransIsBeautiful"
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Impromptu #glamroomchronicles. Yes it's back. When your good girlfriend is in town you must have a moment together in the good light with a classic #Beyonce tune playing. Love you so much @themilajam. You are life and an amazing light in my life. #COTSForever #TransIsBeautiful #DejaVu
211,484 Likes | 2064 days ago | 2,043
This is a #mood. You know we are taking notes. Yasss #Gaga #astarisborn #ladygaga @ladygaga Regrann from @bradgoreski - There is no other word for this except ICONIC! @ladygaga and her amazing team have been making me weak with her recent red carpet looks! The reveal is BEYOND!! Also the girl in the background screaming at the top of her lungs is totally me!
38,209 Likes | 2065 days ago | 351
When I started #TransIsBeautiful 3 years ago I wanted it to be a way for trans folks to celebrate what makes us uniquely and beautifully trans. It wasn't about how cis we can look but rather about celebrating those things about us that are uniquely and beautifully trans. The #marcomarcoshow last night which featured a cast or all trans models feels like yet another fulfillment of the empowerment of trans beauty this hashtag is meant to celebrate and engender. Thank you to everyone who has used this hashtag to empower yourselves and each other. Congratulations to everyone in the historic Marco Marco Show last night. #TransIsBeautiful Regrann from @faymeproblems - Last night was full of so much love and so much beauty. @geenarocero @ariscestocrat @tracelysette @gigigorgeous @dominiquet.a.r.jackson @alionsfear @thelinabradford @steroidbeyonce @laith_ashley @angelicaross @leeummmm @theofficial_amarijayce @carmen_carrera @ftmmuscle @hansongobron @marcomarcounderwear #nyfw #transgender #transisbeautiful #lgbt #marcomarco #nyfw2018 #lgbtq #marcomarcoshow - #regrann
30,019 Likes | 2066 days ago | 189
See ya selfie stick. 👋 Taking all of my pictures with my #GalaxyNote9 S Pen from now on. Thanks @SamsungMobileUS for the gift. ❤ #TransIsBeautiful #nomakeup #nofilter
73,317 Likes | 2067 days ago | 270
#flashbackfriday. With the #CreativeArtsEmmys this weekend I thought I would reflect on my first and last times at the Creative Arts Emmys. In 2014 I went to my first #Emmys ever as a nominee. I wore custom #DonnaKaren. The sun was so bright it totally washed out my makeup but I was so happy to finally be at the party. Last year was my second acting nomination. The guest actors are announced at the Creative Arts Emmys. I became a 2 time acting Emmy loser that night but I felt like a winner with my mom as my date and wearing this fun Mikael D dress. Congrats to all the Emmy nominees this year. Savor every moment. You've worked hard to have this moment. Love to you all! #TransIsBeautiful #fbf
23,430 Likes | 2067 days ago | 258
What he said. Are you registered to vote?. Are you ready to turn out on November? If not get registered. Get ready. Thank you President @barackobama for your continued leadership
25,609 Likes | 2067 days ago | 243
One more #fbt #bts of of our photo shoot for @instylemagazine with @csiriano wearing #ChristianSiriano. Can you name the song playing? #TransIsBeautiful
16,786 Likes | 2067 days ago | 136
#fbf #bts of my photo shoot for the current issue of @instylemagazine. This entryway was so opulent, the acoustics so good, the dress by @csiriano so glamorous I had to bust out a little opera, with a little high C6 thrown in at the end for good measure. Wouldn't you? ........... This is how I totally dork out, like I am still just an art school kid who was bullied, who was really feminine, who loved to read, who studied classical #ballet, loved #opera and #art. Now I get to be that same artsy kid but now occasionally in couture for high fashion magazines. There are still bullies, and trolls and the like. But what a blessing that I still get to be me and live the life I dreamed of. Thank you to all the people in my life who make that possible. There are so many of you. But special shout out to my manager @paulhilepo who holds it all together, who 11 years ago saw something in me that I didnt quite see in myself. Paul, you are the very best. I wouldn't be here without you. I love you! I love all of you who love and support this dorky art school kid who has a touch of fabulosity. #TransIsBeautiful
36,742 Likes | 2068 days ago | 163
For the latest issue of @instylemagazine celebrating the design aesthetic of @csiriano Photographed by @alexanderneumann Styled by @andreaskokkino Hair @cesar4styles Makeup @theladydeja #TransIsBeautiful
20,515 Likes | 2068 days ago | 89
So honored to be in the latest issue of @instylemagazine wearing @csiriano photographed with #ChristianSiriano celebrating Christian's inclusive and always glamorous and chic design aesthetic. Thank you Christian for making clothes for women of all kinds and for some awesome fashion moments over the years. Here's to many more. Photographed by @alexanderneumann Styled by @andreaskokkino Hair @cesar4styles Makeup @theladydeja #TransIsBeautiful
53,971 Likes | 2068 days ago | 441
It's all about #love. #nomakeup #nofilter #TransIsBeautiful
24,915 Likes | 2069 days ago | 228
I love this Regrann from @serenawilliams - My dreams were crazy enough. Are yours? #JustDoIt -
5,292 Likes | 2070 days ago | 34
I’m thrilled to join @RosarioDawson at the second-annual #TribecaTVFestival on Saturday, September 22nd for a special conversation as part of TRIBECA TALKS: THE JOURNEY, inspired by @TUMITravel. Use the link in my bio to buy tickets now. See you at @Tribeca!
21,512 Likes | 2070 days ago | 280
I believe this is truly some of the best singing I have ever heard. #JessyeNorman in rehearsal for Ariadne Auf Naxos. Just divine. I have been watching this video for years but it continues to be an endless source of inspiration and often tears. I LOVE Jessye Norman. What a sound! What an artist!! #opera
13,405 Likes | 2070 days ago | 127
Love this. Regrann from @violadavis - Worked with @TheGeoffreyOwens. Wonderful actor and a better man. Our value is in our work ethic and character. And fyi.....less than 1% of our profession makes 50 grand a year or more from acting. Kudos for doing what you need to do. Much respect!!! 🎥@abcnews - #regrann
28,340 Likes | 2071 days ago | 303
Everyone knows everyday is #BEYDAY for me. But one more time for this very special day I had to bring back a moment from my #glamroomchronicles. Thank you @beyonce for being an endless source of inspiration for me, ENDLESS!!!!!!#HappyBirthdayBeyonce. We love you so much. #Beyonce #TransIsBeautiful
27,043 Likes | 2071 days ago | 212
Feels like the end of summer. #HappyLaborDay everyone. What are you grateful for today? #gratitude #love #TransIsBeautiful
49,743 Likes | 2072 days ago | 488
Dancing is still my favorite form of exercise. Song Youngblood by 5 seconds of Summer... #TransIsBeautiful
28,435 Likes | 2074 days ago | 245
@tasiasword thank you!!! #arethafranklinhomegoing #ArethaFranklinfuneral
92,577 Likes | 2075 days ago | 1,201
The last of my #glamroomchronicles for a while. Enjoy. The song is #Nice by #TheCarters #TransIsBeautiful #bodypositivity
36,978 Likes | 2075 days ago | 507
Ok I'm going to post a few more #glamroomchronicles then take a break for a while. I think you're getting tired of me feeling myself in my closet. Lol #TransIsBeautiful #bodypositivity the song is #Boss by #TheCarters
28,114 Likes | 2075 days ago | 261
Love this song so much. It makes me feel sad and hopeful at the same time. We must never give up. #InMyBlood @shawnmendes #shawnmendes #TransIsBeautiful
63,988 Likes | 2076 days ago | 897
I just sat and watched this about 20 times with tears in my eyes. I have seen this video before but with @gabunion's words attached this hit me hard this morning. I sat in therapy yesterday working through another childhood trauma I wanted to pretend wasn't there. I have learned how trauma lives in the nervous system and has to be resolved and worked through and out of the body. I grew up with bullies of various kinds working what felt like overtime to make me doubt myself. My nervous was constantly in fight, flight or freeze. But the good news is it's never too late to retrain our nervous systems. I am slowly and gently learning how to do this............................................................................ Even as there is so much abundance in my life, so many things to be grateful for, my nervous system is often either looking for the threat or triggered to perceive there's one present whether there is or isn't. The reality for a a lot of black and brown folks, women, trans folks, immigrants etc. Is that the threats to our safety and life chances are real, those traumas are real. The nervous system doesn't know the trauma happened 10 years ago. The nervous system experiences the threat as happening now. But living in a constant state of fight, flight or freeze is not sustainable. I have learned this one the hard way......................................................................... And this morning in this video I can sit looking at a beautiful black girl who knew she was the best, having that belief system protected, having the kind of confidence born not from delusion but from hard work, talent and the birthright of worthiness............................................................ That beautiful black girl is now a beautiful black woman and a bonafide living legend, a champion. We don't all have Richard Williams's in our lives but we can learn to be that for ourselves and each other, to do the gentle work to heal. Thank you to ever
46,978 Likes | 2076 days ago | 435
This just brought tears to my eyes. @serenawilliams is the f'ing truth. #serenawilliams #excellence #blackexcellence #GOAT
6,846 Likes | 2077 days ago | 41
Make sure to catch me tonight on @vh1 cooking with @snoopdogg @marthastewart @garyowencomedy and @lilyachty at 9pm est. Yes you read that correctly. You so dont wanna miss this. Fo shizzle it's a good thing fo rizzle. Lord did I just type that? #MarthaAndSnoop #Vh1 #TransIsBeautiful
66,939 Likes | 2077 days ago | 312
Splish splash indeed!
33,213 Likes | 2078 days ago | 240
#RIPArethaFranklin with the legendary @smokeyrobinson. Enjoy this truly exquisite sangin!
4,795 Likes | 2079 days ago | 21
Our fearless leader @samfeder_1, the director of @disclosuredoc. Click on the link in my bio for more information on the film and to support it....................................................................................................................................................... Regrann from @samfeder_1 - Still processing an amazing 8 days of 24 interviews with brilliant trans people talking about the history of trans images in film and tv for @disclosuredoc shot with an all queer and mostly trans crew. No idea what the “success” of the film will be but I couldn’t be more proud of what we’ve accomplished and all the success we’ve had already. #transisbeautiful - #regrann
31,425 Likes | 2080 days ago | 437
When that good mid tempo jam comes on in the club...#ring @kehlani and @iamcardib. #TransIsBeautiful. Even as I have work to do this weekend I wanna take a few moments to let it all go and be in gratitude and energetically #manifest #abundance. Let's do that together
47,675 Likes | 2081 days ago | 556
Sometimes I feel like giving up but I just can't. It isn't #InMyBlood. #TransIsBeautiful #NeverGiveUp #shawnmendes @shawnmendes
18,453 Likes | 2081 days ago | 50
Happy birthday @ourladyj . The world is better with you in it. #TransIsBeautiful
148,934 Likes | 2082 days ago | 1,074
#tbt. Wow a lot has changed in 9 years. I am so grateful to still be alive and healthy. Thank you is my prayer. Thank you! #TransIsBeautiful
14,658 Likes | 2084 days ago | 82
Last night celebrating the wrap of the first leg of shooting for @disclosuredoc with our phenomenal crew. Click on the link in my bio to find our more about the film and how you can support it. Video courtesy of our awesome 1st AD @ttashh #TransIsBeautiful
36,604 Likes | 2084 days ago | 337
#BTS of my commercial shoot for @smirnoffus. Getting #BeatForTheGods by @theladydeja #TheMakeupSmith. Hair by @kiyahwright1 styled by @christinajpacelli. My team is amazing. Love you. #TransIsBeautiful #drinkresponsibly. My song #BeatForTheGods is available everywhere you get music.
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The first leg of shooting for @disclosuredoc has wrapped. Thank you to our fearless director @samfeder_1 and executive producer @amyjscholder and our entire cast and crew of all trans and queer identified folks. I have been so moved listening to our cast share their interactions and critical reflections on media they have consumed and participated in. I am blown away by the brilliance and light of trans people. I have been saying for years that we are anointed. The ways in which we look, resist, survive create and discover ourselves is magical. Thank you all for inspiring me with your stories, analysis, knowledge and critical reflections. Go to the link in my bio to support our film. #TransIsBeautiful
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The fan was my key to edging @TedDanson out in a good ole game of #WhoWoreItBetter. Can't wait to see where the @SmirnoffUS #FunPercent will take me next with #SmirnoffPartner
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I love being in the water. Good way to end the weekend and get ready for a very busy and challenging week ahead. #TransIsBeautiful
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#datenight
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Going into the weekend like...#pooltime #EverythingIsLove #713 #TransIsBeautiful
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#RIPArethaFranklin #NationalTreasure #Legend #QueenOfSoul #Eternal
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#BTS of @disclosuredoc. Thank you to the entire crew who is killing it. #Tr
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Many years ago when I was contemplating suicide, I was planning to have a note in my pocket at the time of my death and several other notes in my home which would state my name, preferred gender pronouns and that I should be referred to as a woman in my death. My note would be clear that I should not be referred to as Laverne Cox only not any other name. Being misgendered and deadnamed in my death felt like it would be the ultimate insult to the psychological and emotional injuries I was experiencing daily as a black trans woman in New York City, the injuries that made me want to take my own life. I used to share a lot more on social media about the murders of trans folks. I don't as much now because its retraumatizing for me to constantly live in this space of death, murder and the injustices that lead to these deaths. As I read this report from ProPublica I sobbed and wept for all the trans people who have been murdered and those experiencing direct, cultural and structural violence. I wept because I haven't been allowing myself to. I wept for all of the violence I have experienced in my own life. I am angered, saddened and enraged that the police in Jacksonville, Florida and other jurisdictions don't have policies in place to respect the gender identities of trans folks when they have been MURDERED. This misgendering and deadnaming also impedes the investigations into these murders. Injustice on top of injustice! I have been saying for years that misgendering a trans person is an act of violence. When I say that I am referring to cultural and structural violence. The police misgendering and deadnaming trans murder victims as a matter of policy feels like a really good example of that cultural and structural violence. Thank you ProPublica for this in depth report on this issue. Please read and share and join with local trans organizations demanding that police do better on this issue and many others. Link in bio and here: https://www.propublica.org/a
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So this originally was going to be my #levelupchallenge video. Then we went to the pool and got inspired. Which do you prefer #levelupchallenge aqua edition or #levelupchallenge #glamroom edition? Lord I am extra! Lol. Blame @ciara
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#levelupchallenge aqua edition. @saro we will do the next one together. Thank you @ciara for giving us life and inspiring us all to #LevelUp. Thank you @beejanland for shooting the video. #TransIsBeautiful
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When your lace is lifting but you still feel cute. Okurrr. #nickiminaj #queen
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Going into the weekend like...#fbf #BTS of my @variety cover shoot. #CategoryIs...#TransIsBeautiful. My single, #BeatForTheGods is available everywhere
13,769 Likes | 2096 days ago | 102
The Candis I refer to in this clip is @candiscayne. The simple act of following her dream and doing it openly as herself emboldened me to do the same thing. Thank you again Candis. Check out the full @variety trans actors round table at the link in my bio: https://youtu.be/6_oqeXz7vbc #TransIsBeautiful
28,233 Likes | 2096 days ago | 161
THE POWER OF BLACK WOMEN ~ #blackgirlmagic @beyonce for @voguemagazine @badgalriri for @britishvogue @lupitanyongo for @portermagazine @issarae for @ebonymagazine @yarashahidi for @hollywoodreporter @zendaya for @marieclairemag @ajanaomi_king for @shape @traceeellisross for @ellecanada @tiffanyhaddish for @glamourmag @slickwoods for @elleuk @lavernecox for @variety
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Feeling empowered in my body and my sexuality is not a done deal. It's a practice. I cried reading about @beyonce making peace with her FUPA because though I have not had twins (that would be a miracle of modern science) my body is constantly changing in ways I can't always control as I get older. It's not always easy for me to make peace with my changing metabolism. I pray for that self acceptance today and as I do I feel it washing over me. This is the daily practice. I can do this throughout the day. Even as I aspire, in this moment I must accept. This is a spiritual practice. ....................................................................................... As much as I engage in critically interrogating the ideas of the ways I am "supposed" to look, sometimes those ideas seep in. As a trans woman I have fought for bodily autonomy and self determination. As I have done that, I know that that fight doesn't happen in a vacuum. I constantly have to lovingly interrogate what I have internalized. As cute as I am, folks are constantly picking me apart as a trans woman of color and now as a public figure. So sometimes a girl has to put on a Beyonce classic, slip into a @chromat monokini and remind herself in the mirror that she is sexy at every weight and age, in her transness, her blackness, her black womanness, her humanness. It's a practice. Practice makes perfectly imperfect. #TransIsBeautiful
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Photographed for @variety"s first ever trans actors round table by @jill.greenberg. hair @larryjarahsims makeup @theladydeja styled by @christinajpacelli wearing @tomford. Click on the link in my bio to watch the entire roundtable: https://youtu.be/6_oqeXz7vbc #TRANSformHollywood #TransIsBeautiful
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And this. ・・・ #Repost @makerswomen ・・・ “Why should you make that much money?” That’s what @Oprah’s boss told her when she asked for equal pay to her male counterpart. So she created the Oprah Winfrey show— and then bought her own show from the production company who owned it in order to pay her female staff members a fair wage. Said Oprah: "The real feminism for me was believing that you were worthy, that I was worthy, and deserved what everyone else deserved." 👊🏻👊🏼👊🏽👊🏾👊🏿 On #BlackWomensEqualPay, we're highlighting the fight for equal pay for ALL women. Today marks the amount of time black women have to work in to 2018—7 extra months—to earn what what their male counterparts made in 2017. - #regrann
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Continued from the last video. Check out our entire @variety trans actor round table. Link in my bio: https://variety.com/2018/film/features/transgender-roundtable-hollywood-trump-laverne-cox-trace-lysette-1202896142/ #TRANSformHollywood #TransIsBeautiful
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@smartassjen is so brilliant. Please watch and share. You can watch our entire @variety trans actor round table at the link in my bio: https://variety.com/2018/film/features/transgender-roundtable-hollywood-trump-laverne-cox-trace-lysette-1202896142/ #TRANSformHollywood #TransIsBeautiful
34,710 Likes | 2098 days ago | 329
Preach @therealalexandrabillings. For the full historic @variety roundtable click on the link in my bio: https://variety.com/2018/film/features/transgender-roundtable-hollywood-trump-laverne-cox-trace-lysette-1202896142/ #TRANSformHollywood #TransIsBeautiful thank you @variety and @glaad and everyone who worked to make this moment happen
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In @variety's first ever trans roundtables @smartassjen says among other brilliant things, "It’s never been about the bathroom. They don’t want us to be here at all. And the reason I have hope is because we are still here. And we’re not going away. We were all children under much worse circumstances, and we are here and thriving. So the only thing that I fear right now is despair. And I hope that we are proof that you don’t have to dspair." ................................................................................................... Click on the link in my bio to watch the entire roundtable. I highly recommend it. And please share it far and wide including #TRANSformHollywood #TransIsBeautiful
6,835 Likes | 2099 days ago | 38
Seeing all these beautiful people dancing to my song is everything. Thank you for the #BeatForTheGods love Regrann from @djjamesanthony - Fans were cracking for @lavernecox @djtomstephan “Beat For The Gods” at @purplefoundation SCORE party this weekend #djjamesanthony #crackthatfan #circuitparty #dj #djlife #gaydj #housemusic #lavernecox #djbooth #yassqueen #circuitfestival #purpleparty - #regrann
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Thanks @mttalves for shooting this impromptu video yesterday. #TransIsBeautiful
220,219 Likes | 2100 days ago | 2,106
#tbs. I sometimes can't believe I am still alive. It's not been an easy life but I am extremely blessed. I am so grateful for love and art in my life and conscious contact with a higher power today. Looking back at some of the most challenging moments of my life I am reminded that even though I didn't always know how I would make it through I was taken care of. Thank you God for continuing to see me through on your terms! And thank you to allowing this journey to be of service to others. Thank you! #TransIsBeautiful #GodsTimeNotMine
24,942 Likes | 2101 days ago | 322
Imagine shooting a music video for your song in Times Square and a dude can't stop trying to holler at you while you are shooting. What do you do? Roll the cameras and put him in your video. This is what my girlfriend @milajam did. The dude happened to be holding a python. This is a classic Mila story. She just happened to get this one on camera. Still can't believe none of this was planned. Genius! Love this girl. Enjoy! ........................................................................................... Regrann from @themilajam - BETTER DAYS : UNCUT This is a REAL completely unplanned & unrehearsed exclusive take for my single #BetterDays. (Out now on iTunes & Spotify!!) I was approached by sir with his huge python trying to get my #. Kept saying I was working and unavailable..but he persisted. Him FINE and I got distracted.. so I made him my leading man. He couldn’t hide 🍆...and we rolled camera and started the music. This what happened!!! -never touched a snake in my life!!! for you BRITNEY. #betterdays #milajam #exclusive #outnow #itunes #spotify #download #stream #kayu #featuringmilajam #nyc #ucantmakethisshitup - #regrann
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To have been alive for the 8 years that @barackobama was POTUS, the pride I have always felt being American was multiplied to infinity. I still want to believe that even in our imperfections this great American experiment is a beautiful one with incredible possibilities. That has certainly become harder to believe lately but President Obama has always provided us the audacity of hope. He also always reminded us that that hope needed to be accompanied by action. "Don't boo, vote," was just one of those many reminders. Happy #ObamaDay. Happy Birthday President Obama. #vote
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#tbt I love how much this is being shared. I am so grateful for the years of activism that has provided a space for this conversation to be amplified by trans voices. This reminds me that we must keep lovingly pushing back to lift up every voice and experience, and keep fighting to take better care of our planet and each other while owning our part in our individual and collective struggles along the way. #TransIsBeautiful #transrightsarehumanrights #intersectionality
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#tbt feeling powerful in this #powersuit by @richfresh_ at #ozyfest2018 makeup @theladydeja hair @bradleyirion styled by @christinajpacelli #TransIsBeautiful
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The gram, she craves content. Feed the gram. #TransIsBeautiful #levelup #oitnb #bodypositivity #nomakeup
17,855 Likes | 2106 days ago | 62
Sisterhood, chosen family. Last week at the premiere of @hohmusical photo by Jenny Anderson. #TransIsBeautiful
17,754 Likes | 2109 days ago | 216
Last night celebrating trans talent working on television right now on @bravowwhl. #TransIsBeautiful #oitnb streaming now.
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So excited to be a part of this awesome project with such incredible talent. #WeirdCity
19,271 Likes | 2110 days ago | 83
@peppermint247 we love you so much. It was everything celebrating your Broadway debut last night together. #hohmusical @hohmusical #TransIsBeautiful
17,102 Likes | 2110 days ago | 102
I am so proud of my girl @peppermint247 who made her Broadway debut tonight. @hohmusical is fun, funny, touching and beautifully progressive. See it. Pep I have known you for so many years and watching you shine tonight brought tears to my eyes. I am wearing dress @csiriano bag @dior makeup @theladydeja #TransIsBeautiful photo by @noamgalai
180,837 Likes | 2111 days ago | 4,631
When you realize #oitnb is finally coming back for season 6 tomorrow...
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You've asked for my beauty routine. I spoke to the @nytimes and spilled the t. On newsstands today. #oitnb returns tomorrow. #TransIsBeautiful
226,173 Likes | 2111 days ago | 5,664
Tomorrow Season 6 #oitnb. Are you ready?
30,919 Likes | 2112 days ago | 356
Does anyone else get in the pool and pretend you are @beyonce in the #UpgradeU video or is it just me? #beyhive🐝 forever #TransIsBeautiful #nomakeup
5,094 Likes | 2112 days ago | 39
These two. Love these bitches (used here as a term of endearment) @themilajam @mjrodriguez7 #TransIsBeautiful
24,802 Likes | 2113 days ago | 355
This @theladydeja makeup got me like...#GodIsAWoman hair by @bradleyirion #TransIsBeautiful
64,607 Likes | 2113 days ago | 910
#inmyfeelingschallenge. Instead of doing the choreo I thought just standing in my feelings in the wind, of course,would suffice. #TransIsBeautiful
34,014 Likes | 2113 days ago | 390
Well this brought me to tears. #love #TransIsBeautiful @mjrodriguez7 @indyamoore #posefx
8,721 Likes | 2114 days ago | 51
#ozyfest was awesome today. Thanks for having us and for all of those who came out today. It was awesome sharing the stage with @tayediggsinsta ,@awkwafina and #rebeccasun. Wearing custom @richfresh_ #TransIsBeautiful ................................................................... Regrann from @fiona_goode_ - What an inspirational woman! I had the great pleasure to attend the conversation called “The Future of Hollywood» today where Laverne Cox where among the guests. Video by @fiona_goode_ . #lavernecox #lgbtq #orangeisthenewblack #ozyfest2018 #rolemodels #netflix #rolemodel @lavernecox - #regrann
68,021 Likes | 2116 days ago | 1,064
#girlslikeyou #glamroom #lighting #TransIsBeautiful makeup @theladydeja hair @cesar4styles
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The point of any post of mine is to inspire you to believe that you can take the reigns of your life, tap into the divinity that is already inside you and make the most out of what you've been given. You are love! I am a black, trans woman, born in Mobile, Alabama to a single, working class mother. With God's help, a lot of hard work, a lot of preparation that met opportunity (what Oprah calls luck), some privileges, (mainly a mother who valued education) in this moment I am getting to live my dreams. This process involves tons of therapy and ongoing spiritual work as well. I also try to be of service as well. I never want anyone to feel badly about themselves. I want to lift you up and celebrate you. Walt Whitman in "Song of myself" writes, " I celebrate myself and sing myself And what I assume you shall assume For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you." For Whitman the self was both individual and universal. When I post selfies, both photos and videos it is to encourage you to know that as I celebrate the uniqueness of myself, my journey and accomplishments, that can also be a celebration of you and your journey and perhaps a possibility model. And as always I declare that #TransIsBeautiful to celebrate those things about me that make me uniquely, noticeably and beautifully trans. As I celebrate those things about myself, I celebrate those things about you. Love is the message!
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So because I love the lighting in my new #glamroom there will be lots of photos and videos from said room. When the lighting is good we must talk advantage of it. #TransIsBeautiful #DiorDriveBy #diorsaddlebag #saddlebag
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It is what it is. #TransIsBeautiful
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#Unapologetic #BeatForTheGods #TransIsBeautiful
6,452 Likes | 2120 days ago | 72
Last night's discussion on @unapologeticamc was amazing. I was talking super fast cause I had so much to say and it was live TV. But we had a beautifully nuanced conversation about some of the compelling issues raised on the awesome new show @dietlandamc and in the world beyond our televisions. Check it out. #Unapologetic #TransIsBeautiful
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Relaxed and ready to slay the week...#TransIsBeautiful
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Take a little time to enjoy the view. #TransIsBeautiful
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#TransIsBeautiful
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#chosenfamily #TransIsBeautiful
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Hey guys if you want to ask me a question go to the @unapologeticamc page and ask it in the comment section of this original post and @aishatyler May ask me that question live on the show tomorrow night. Tune into see if she does. #TransIsBeautiful Regrann from @unapologeticamc - Calling all @lavernecox fans! Comment your questions and @aishatyler could ask them LIVE tomorrow after #Dietland, 10/9c on @amc_tv. #Unapologetic
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When your makeup is still so good after shooting all day,, you gotta make a video in the good light before you wash it off. The #fbf portion of this post is the song. It just popped into my head and I had to have a #DejaVu moment. Makeup by @theladydeja hair @kiyahwright1 #beyonce #TransIsBeautiful #BeatForTheGods
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Trans filmmaker fellowship. Link in Bio. #TransIsBeautiful
29,771 Likes | 2124 days ago | 162
Nothing comes between me and my Calvins. That tagline is my #tbt though the photo was taken today. #WashFaceNoBase aka #nomakeup #TransIsBeautiful
16,584 Likes | 2125 days ago | 142
When you think you're looking cute and realize you have lipstick on your teeth. #oitnb #TransIsBeautiful
47,097 Likes | 2126 days ago | 567
#BTS of my @herringandherring cover shoot. Thank you @11honore for this gorgeous @cynthiarowley bodysuit that made me feel like dancing. I am dancing to #Eyelids by @saro. #TransIsBeautiful #bodypositivity
223,457 Likes | 2127 days ago | 1,633
Happy 1 year anniversary babe. I love you so much!
53,051 Likes | 2128 days ago | 1,223
Regrann from @acmoore9 - And here it finally is... See you on the 27th @oitnb - #regrann #oitnb
10,119 Likes | 2128 days ago | 57
It was such an honor to meet the first black #BondGirl Miss @trina.parks #TrinaParks shooting @totellthetruthtv, like I got my full life. Thank you Miss Parks for breaking that barrier! #totellthetruth
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Loved discovering the theme song for the original #totellthetruth and using it for this behind the scenes moment from tonight's episode of THE ALL NEW @totellthetruthtv hosted by @anthonyanderson . Check us out on @totellthetruthtv at 10/9c on ABC. I am going to start my TV watching night with #starzpower, then #posefx then "To Tell The Truth." join me. It's gon be a epic TV night y'all. (Bad grammar and spelling intended here colloquially). #TransIsBeautiful.
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Category is...celebrating the kid in us. Whenever I am in a gown like this one, I feel like a little girl wanting to just twirl and be silly. The little kid in me is still super sensitive and delicate and needs to be cared for and protected. We have to protect our actual kids and the kids that live inside us. #ProtectTransKids #FamiliesBelongTogether #intersectionality #innerchild work #TransIsBeautiful #BeatForTheGods @vitofun and @mingsmusic remix video shot by @kiyahwright1 hair @kiyahwright1 makeup @beautybytayrivera styled by @christinajpacelli
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You must tune into @totellthetruthtv on ABC at 10/9c tomorrow night to see what this was in response to. There might have been a little bit of shade🤔#totellthetruth #TransIsBeautiful
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It's Laverne on #GameShows week. Last night it was #MatchGame. Sunday it's #totellthetruth at 10/9c on ABC. A super special moment for me happened on that show. Can't wait for you to see it. @totellthetruthtv #TransIsBeautiful
18,947 Likes | 2131 days ago | 133
Please enjoy this deleted moment from tonight's episode of @matchgameabc. Yes sometimes I am this long winded and corny. Actually most of the time I am. For the answer you have to tune into the episode. #MatchGame #TransIsBeautiful
24,890 Likes | 2132 days ago | 136
Tune in TONIGHT to catch me in an all-new #MatchGame at 9|8c on ABC! It's gon' be lit!!! #TransIsBeautiful
24,136 Likes | 2133 days ago | 205
A moment in trans herstory. There is almost always someone who has come before you and done it and maybe even better. I want to take a moment to pay homage to #ConnieFleming aka #ConnieGirl @cnngrldsgn. Its just legendary that in the early 1990s a black trans woman graced the fashion runways of designers like Vivienne Westwood, Jean Paul Gaultier and her legendary moments on the runways of Thierry Mugler @manfredthierrymugler. Trailblazers like Connie Girl remind me that we have been making a way out of no way for a very long time. The things she endured to walk those runways trans models don't have to endure today. There are different challenges, of course. But I always want to remember that a path has been laid out for me by folks like Connie Girl Fleming. Fyi that red cowboy look Connie wore in the George Michael "Too Funky" video. #TransIsBeautiful. Video by Scorpiomoods on YouTube. Thanks Scorpiomoods.
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I hope this makes you laugh and smile as much as it makes me. There are so many horrible things happening in the world. We must continue to fight but self care is also mandatory. Let's laugh, love and hold each other close. And if you need to twerk badly in a jacuzzi at night with bae while he spits a little Sir Mix-a-Lot do that too. #TransIsBeautiful #love
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We must love each other harder than we ever have before even as we disagree because the neo-fascist history that is repeating itself right now must not stand. It is Dr.Cornel West who reminds us that "Justice is what love looks like in public." No justice, no peace...#familesbelongtogether #TransIsBeautiful #intersectionality
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It was an honor to introduce @labamby and share the stage with members of the @translatinacoalition today at the #familesbelongtogether rally. The fight to keep families together and insure dignity for all of our immigrants is an intersectional issue. Thank you Bamby for working everyday at fhe intersection of immigration and trans identity to improve the lives of our translatina siblings. #TransIsBeautiful
11,725 Likes | 2137 days ago | 67
I will be there too. See you tomorrow LA. #FamiliesBelongTogether Regrann from @doitkamalapac - Join Kamala in Downtown LA tomorrow. 6/30/18 🌈✌🏾❤️🇺🇸☮️✡️☪️✝️ #doitkamala #she2020 #kamalaharris #california #la #blackwoman #familiesbelongtogether - #regrann
11,700 Likes | 2138 days ago | 81
Thank you @janellemonae. This has been an insanely rough week. Your show tonight allowed us to release our pain and celebrate our ferocious resilience and divinity. We heard your call to continue to march and fight, to love ourselves and each othert. LA, I will see you at the March on Saturday. #DirtyComputer #janellemonae #donaldglover #lenawaithe #justinsimien #love #bae #resist #FamiliesBelongTogether
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Today in partnership with Pride Live Nation we are launching the inaugural Stonewall Day to honor the Stonewall legacy and elevate awareness and support for the Stonewall Inn Gives Back Initiative. And to kick it off in style, my fellow Stonewall Inn Ambassador – Lauren Jauregui – is celebrating her 22nd birthday by donating a once in a life time experience. Text STONEWALL to 243725 now, make a donation, and you will automatically be entered to meet Lauren in LA for a special painting class! Do it now and it can be you and Lauren in LA. Join us in continuing the Stonewall legacy. Text. STONEWALL. To 243725 now and donate! @laurenjauregui @pridelivenation @stonewallgives #stonewallinnambassadors
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I'm praying for #BetterDays indeed. Love this new song by #Kayu featuring my girl @themilajam. I am praying and also looking into what actions I can take. See you at the March on Saturday. #FamiliesBelongTogether #TransIsBeautiful
12,309 Likes | 2140 days ago | 104
I’m excited to partner with LinkedIn to share what I’m in it in it for. I’m in it for the opportunity to connect with my authentic power. My work motivates me to something greater than myself and I love being able to inspire and advocate for others to find their power too. No matter what your definition of success is, we all have a unique motivation for doing what we love and should encourage each other to share what that might be. What are you in it for? #InItTogether #sponsored
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Representing a LIMITLESS range of identity. . .photo by @kwakualston @strongblacklead #netflix #TransIsBeautiful
11,186 Likes | 2142 days ago | 43
#AGreatDayInHollywood. So honored to share space in this photo with some of the amazing black artists working over at #Netflix. This Is not a moment. This is a movement. #TransIsBeautiful #blackexcellence #ThisIsNotAMomentThisIsAMovement
38,673 Likes | 2142 days ago | 505
So honored to be a part of the @netflix family and a part of this incredible proclamation with all of this incredible black talent. "This is not a moment. This is a movement" #AGreatDayInHollywood directed by @laceyduke. #TransIsBeautiful #netflix #oitnb #blackexcellence #betawards @strongblacklead
53,013 Likes | 2143 days ago | 416
What happens to your hair after you've been in the pool. #WashFaceNoBase #nomakeup #TransIsBeautiful happy #pride🌈
18,909 Likes | 2144 days ago | 88
I live for these bitches! COTS forever! #TransIsBeautiful
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#fbt 1 year ago today Bill de Blasio declared June 22, 2017 Laverne Cox Day in the city of New York. Wow, a year later, it still feels surreal. To everyone out there who has struggled or who is struggling, remember a black trans woman from Mobile, Alabama who grew up poor, who has experienced harassment and violence of various kinds, who has struggled to love and accept herself has had the largest city in the nation declare a day in her honor. It is my wish that this gives you hope that anything is possible. I, for one, need to believe that in these most troubled of times we can pull ourselves out of the horrors we are inflicting on ourselves and each other and come to a place of love, empathy and just basic human decency. Happy Laverne Cox Day. Lol. #TransIsBeautiful #keepfamiliestogether
7,870 Likes | 2145 days ago | 29
So much love. Thanks again @Airbnb for partnering with me on Monday! I absolutely loved sharing with my fans some of my tools for self-care and wellness while giving back to a cause I care about. For those of you who didn’t join, there are so many ways to take care of yourself and those around you. Check out Social Impact #AirbnbExperiences at airbnb.com/socialimpact #TransIsBeautiful
31,974 Likes | 2147 days ago | 318
As we continue to celebrate #pride🌈 month, I wanted to revisit this video reflecting on the legacy of #SylviaRivera and #MarshaPJohnson. The #stonewallrebellion was an action against police brutality and the criminalizing of #lgbtq+ bodies and our right to exist in public space. State sanctioned violence continues against marginalized communities in this country. As we celebrate Pride and the legacy of #Stonewall, Sylvia, Marsha and STAR, let's continue to fight back against all forms of injustice with love in action. Thank you @logotv for this video. STAR (Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries) was an organization Sylvia and Marsha started in the early 1970s to provide housing and various kinds of support for the trans population who needed that support. #TransIsBeautiful
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#BTS of our photo shoot today as part of #AirbnbExperiences. We raised money for the #transwellnesscenter and had a blast deepening our awareness of personal wellness. #TransIsBeautiful
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#EndFamilySeparation #FamiliesBelongTogether Call 202-224-3121 to be connected to your senator and tell them this is wrong and must end.
6,769 Likes | 2149 days ago | 52
I saw @whitneythefilm on Friday night and I am still trying to gather myself. This film is beyond a must see, a cautionary tale and a celebration of what is on display in this video.: the talent, the voice, the legend, the legacy, the charisma, the game changing superstar, the tragedy. I don't really have words yet for what this film activated in my body except a deeper understanding of the woman behind the artist who touched so many of our lives and continues to l. We live you Whitney. ....... Regrann from @legacyofwhitneyhouston - 🎥: Maybe I'm a fool To feel the way I do But I would play the fool forever Just to be with you forever __________________________________________ __________________________________________ 🎤 I Believe In You & Me SNL 1996 __________________________________________ __________________________________________ #whitneyhouston #vocals #Whitney
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Category is...the #posefx revolution. Werk!
9,157 Likes | 2150 days ago | 54
What a girl needs on a Saturday #apes**t @beyonce #yonce #jayz #otr2
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We cute. #lastnight #datenight
7,988 Likes | 2152 days ago | 46
#tbt #BTS of our cover photo shoot for @nymag on newsstands now. What a moment! #Netflix #oitnb #TransIsBeautiful
6,390 Likes | 2153 days ago | 66
Remember when I announced my partnership with @Airbnb? Well, I’m going to teach a few amazing people the importance of self-care and wellness through #AirbnbExperiences. The best part is that 100% of what you pay goes directly to the Trans Wellness Center in LA. I only have a few spots available so go to abnb.co/laverne to sign-up.
10,032 Likes | 2153 days ago | 78
Love this... Regrann from @themrmilan - Thanks so much to @netflix and @glaad for the opportunity to share my story and to talk about the power of representation. It’s important to be seen fully, listened to and understood. I don’t take my visibility lightly or for granted. There are so many trans men who made me feel possible just by existing in the world. I hope to do that for someone else. #firsttimeisawme #manofmydesign #newdad #dadlife #tmoc #transisbeautiful #happypride #transman - #regrann
33,387 Likes | 2154 days ago | 289
#bts of our cover photo shoot for @nymag wearing @oscardelarenta styled by @christinajpacelli Hair @kiyahwright1 makeup @beautybytayrivera #TransIsBeautiful #Netflix #oitnb #netflixandchill
8,663 Likes | 2154 days ago | 54
I am so excited to be a part of “Disclosure: Trans Lives on Screen.” @disclosurethemovie100years directed by trans filmmaker Sam Feder focused on Hollywood’s depiction of transgender people and experiences over the last 100 years of film and television, and the impact of those stories on transgender lives and American culture. I have signed on as executive producer alongside producer Amy Scholder. I have been obsessed for a long time with how the perception of trans people has been shaped by the ways we have been represented in film and on television,” Cox said. “I grew up with images of trans folks that exacerbated the shame I felt about who I was. I am so excited to be a part of the Disclosure team — to go on this journey to uncover the origin of those images, so we can leave the harmful representations behind and chart a new future for trans folks on screen.” #TransIsBeautiful
5,374 Likes | 2154 days ago | 70
This is the moment I really needed to hear again today from my chat with @zacposen for @yahoostylebeauty. Recovering ourselves, our lights that can be dimmed by pain, trauma, disappointment, discrimination is a daily, hourly, moment to moment process. I can restart my day at any moment and connect to that light, that power greater than myself. I can get out of my own way today energetically and emotionally so I can feel the power of the flow of the universe letting go of doubts, resentments, fears to hear and then answer the call. Click on the link in my building for the full interview.Probably. It's scary out there. I am trying to let go of worry today. This interview I did I saw It this morning and it really inspired me: https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/transgender-celeb-laverne-cox-talks-greatest-challenge-getting-way-221739147.html?loudandclearLC
30,652 Likes | 2155 days ago | 203
Wellness saved me when I moved to LA. I’m partnering with @Airbnb to take 6 fabulous people on a self-care journey through #AirbnbExperiences. 100% of what you pay goes directly to the Trans Wellness Center in Los Angeles. You can book on Thursday, June 14 on airbnb.com/pride. Stay tuned for exact times. @Airbnb, #AirbnbExperiences. #TransIsBeautiful
14,521 Likes | 2155 days ago | 115
I had the best time chatting with @zacposen for #LoudAndClear. Sometimes we forget the lessons we have learned and need reminders. Watching this video this morning and hearing some of my own words said back to me by me is exactly what I needed to hear today. This reminded me that without a test there's no testimony. She being tested right now and it's for a reason I will understand better by and by. Watch our chat on @yahoostylebeauty to hear more https://yhoo.it/2JyxHUW link in my bio #pride #TransIsBeautiful
5,933 Likes | 2155 days ago | 51
I love @alokvmenon #TransIsBeautiful Regrann from @alokvmenon - thank you @livetinted
18,615 Likes | 2155 days ago | 81
Partying with the people last night to wrap up #LAPride at @1oakla. #TransIsBeautiful #BeatForTheGods #pride🌈
27,147 Likes | 2156 days ago | 234
When they play your song at the club...#BeatForTheGods. Thank you to the entire staff at @1oakla for treating me like a goddess tonight to celebrate #lapride. Thank you to everyone at the club tonight celebrating. I felt your love. Sending it back to you! Happy #pride🌈 #TransIsBeautiful @citrusonic_1
19,870 Likes | 2156 days ago | 78
What an honor to share space on this week's cover of @nymag with so many living legends. Thank you @netflix and #nymag for the honor and @oitnb for changing my life in such an affirming way. #TransIsBeautiful #oitnb Regrann from @thecut - “The first word out of everybody’s mouths in meetings is, ‘How do we deal with Netflix?’” — With the cover story for its 2018 TV issue, @nymag offers a rare behind-the-scenes look at how @netflix operates, for which @Vulture west coast editor Josef Adalian interviewed more than a dozen key executives and staffers, and observed multiple internal meetings and presentations. Netflix is hiring everybody in and out of Hollywood to make more TV shows than any network ever has, and the streaming service is only getting started. “If you think about the addressable market for Netflix as being paid TV households, it’s relatively small,” says Ted Sarandos, Netflix’s chief content officer. “Everyone with a phone has a screen and access to the internet. That is our addressable market. The world’s taste, and the world’s time, is what we’re after.” Tap the link in bio to read the full story. Photo by #bobbydoherty. - #regrann
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Lord help me for showing this. #fbf. The left is an old passport photo. My roots, the braids growing out, A MESS!!! Lol. I can see the mess but I can also see the cute girl there. I didn't feel cute at the time though. I wanted to be further along in my transition. I still got misgendered everytime I left my home. I never felt safe. I didn't feel lovable. I was so insecure. But I was also happy that I had finally moved out of denial and was accepting my womanhood and taking the steps to live more authentically. It wasn't easy then. It still isn't. Different levels, different devils. But I am still here. I keep on keeping on and that feels like a miracle today. #TransIsBeautiful #pride🌈
24,649 Likes | 2159 days ago | 149
#tbt Monday night celebrating #Pride with @lacmagazine #TransIsBeautiful
22,798 Likes | 2159 days ago | 114
This makes me beyond proud. My heart is just filled with joy seeing the stars of @poseonfx bringing it this hard. Werk!
5,174 Likes | 2159 days ago | 53
#BTS of my @gaytimesmag cover shoot. Video by @meowcaity hair @ursulastephen makeup @theladydeja styled by @its_brody props @anniirose. Happy pride everyone. #TransIsBeautiful
12,409 Likes | 2160 days ago | 109
Regrann from @marclamonthill - I’ll never forget when I got the call that Kalief Browder had died. The last time I’d spoken to him, he told me he was looking for work and trying to get his life on track. When his lawyer Paul Prestia told me that he’d taken his own life, I cried for hours. Yes, Kalief committed suicide. But the State’s bloody hands were all over this tragedy. Like Kalief, 80% of the people in American jails are incarcerated simply because they don’t have the money to be free. This is evil. Rest In Peace to Kalief and his beloved mother, who died of a broken heart. Love and strength to his brother Akeem, who continues to fight for justice. Break the system. Fuck they laws. We will win. - #regrann
9,056 Likes | 2160 days ago | 85
#BTS fun on set with #QueenBey playing in the background #irreplaceable #TransIsBeautiful
9,428 Likes | 2160 days ago | 48
How totally dope to be an illustration in the latest issue of @vanityfair. Pick it up to read my answers to the legendary #ProustQuestionnaire. #TransIsBeautiful #pride🌈 #oitnb #LeontynePrice #EarthaKitt
6,682 Likes | 2160 days ago | 32
Last night with @lisakudrow and @danbucatinsky Regrann from @danbucatinsky - @ancestry #emmy #fyc - #regrann
11,525 Likes | 2162 days ago | 114
We both thought it was a photo. Thank you @kiyahwright1 for the gorgeous hair and the great #BTS photos and videos. Makeup by @beautybytayrivera styled by @christinajpacelli. Wearing @_MelissaMercedes_, ring @dena_kemp for @lacmagazine #portraitsofpride #lacpride #TransIsBeautiful
23,204 Likes | 2162 days ago | 173
Ready for the party in @_MelissaMercedes_, ring @dena_kemp photo @kiyahwright1 haur @kiyahwright1 makeup @beautybytayrivera styled by @christinajpacelli #TransIsBeautiful
26,964 Likes | 2162 days ago | 180
#BTS in @oscardelarenta #TransIsBeautiful
17,966 Likes | 2162 days ago | 71
I am very excited to announce I am a Stonewall Inn Ambassador, supporting the Stonewall Inn + Stonewall Inn Gives Back Initiative! You can joinme by visiting the Stonewall Inn Gives Back Initiative Auction and bid on amazing experiences and items. Go to charitybuzz.com and enter “stonewall” or click here https://bit.ly/2J1ztNZ.Stay tuned for much more about the legacy of Stonewall + upcoming 50th anniversary by visitingstonewallinitiative.org! @pridelivenation@stonewallgives @stonewallinngivesbackinitiative @thestonewallinn #stonewallinnambassadors #wherepridebegan @charitybuzz #stonewall #lgbtq #gaypride #stonewallrebellion
57,940 Likes | 2162 days ago | 591
Its #pride🌈 month and today I am so proud to be a black, trans woman, to be a member of the #lgbtq+ community, to be alive in a world that has so often been hostile to my very existence. With all the challenges that challenge our survival, so many of us continue to step forward and let our lights shine. We must continue to persist, to persevere, to fight, to eventually prevail with love, with love, with love. #TransIsBeautiful #lgbtq #posefx photo by @jacqharriet
30,132 Likes | 2163 days ago | 158
As I prepare to watch "Pose" on FX tonight, I am reminded of preparing to watch the premiere of "Dirty Sexy Money" eleven years ago in the fall of 2007. "Dirty Sexy Money" was something all my friends were talking about. It was going to feature Candis Cayne in a recurring role. Candis Cayne was going to become the first openly trans actor to have a recurring role on a prime time TV show. That moment changed my life. It made me believe I could be openly trans and a working actor. I can't wait to see how many trans folks will tune into "Pose" tonight and what they will do with the world of possibility that will open for them seeing a show with trans writers, actors, directors and producers. Thank you to everyone at "Pose" for helping to create new possibility models for the masses. #TransIsBeautiful #lgbtq + @poseonfx #posefx #pose
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Thank you Instagram! We just hit 3 million followers. I love you all so much! #TransIsBeautiful
9,389 Likes | 2165 days ago | 52
It was nice to be back on a #redcarpet last night and what brought me back was celebrating #pride🌈 with @beverlycenter. Thanks to my #GlamFam. You got me together yesterday cause I was a mess. I love you all. Makeup @beautybytayrivera hair @kendragarvey styled by @christinajpacelli nails @yire_castillo #TransIsBeautiful #beverlycenterpride #ChampionsOfChange
32,283 Likes | 2165 days ago | 183
What an honor to get to light the @beverlycenter in the colors of the #rainbowflag tonight to kick off #pride🌈 month. Tonight we also celebrated @theadvocatemag"s #ChampionsOfChange honorees. Congrats to all those honored. I got to present awards to #emmagonzalez and #CeCeSuazo. How truly humbling!! Happy Pride everyone. #beverlycenterpride #TransIsBeautiful
10,684 Likes | 2166 days ago | 96
Regrann from @transplusmn - Shared from our friends at @translawcenter: ACTION: Roxana Hernandez, 33 years old, from Honduras died on May 25, 2018 while in @icegov custody in an #immigrant detention center. Roxana was one of the people who came in one of the caravans at the border. We demand answers and #JusticeforRoxana. We demand the release of all #trans #women in detention now. #DismantleICE Check joint statement from @familiatqlm, @trans_texas and @translawcenter in their bio. JOIN us on June 6, for a National Day of Action for #JusticeforRoxana. @queeramisu Read the full press release here: https://transgenderlawcenter.org/archives/14287 . . . #justiceforroxana #transplusmn #transgender #transwomen #tpoc #qtpoc #twoc #translawcenter #ice #translivesmatter #transrights #lgbt #mtf #protecttranswomen - #regrann
11,198 Likes | 2167 days ago | 130
#tbt #bts of my @gaytimesmag cover shoot #HulaHoop fail. I tried...oh well. #TransIsBeautiful
106,029 Likes | 2168 days ago | 1,359
Birthday Bikini Selfie. She still got it! To help me celebrate my birthday please consider a donation to @antiviolence. Link in bio: https://avp.org/donate/ #nofilters #nofacetune #nophotoshop #nomakeup #selfie #bikini #birthday #avp #lgbtq+
40,108 Likes | 2170 days ago | 1,238
This did not happen to me. This was shot by @theladydeja and happened to her and a group of my friends________________________________________________It's not about the chicken tenders. It's about being refused service and being treated like a second class citizen. I love my friends and I am so sad and disappointed and angry this happened to them but I know it happens to trans als gender nonconforming people everyday far too often especially when they are of color............................... Regrann from @theladydeja - I am sharing this with all of my 12k+ social media followers. @texaschickenandburgers your Racist and/or Transphobic cashiers basically refused my group of #Trans and #GenderNonComforming friends service in the midst of serving white and cis patrons. I literally kept asking, "Am I bugging out?" "Did that just happen?" We were on our way home after a night of #MemorialDay celebrations. I can't believe this happened in 2018. I am outraged and emotionally shaken. WTF Texas Chicken and Burgers!? It's fuckin fried chicken! FYI... I am a tax paying, hard working, #TransWomanOfColor, who would like to eventually just be a human being and productive American citizen. Situations like this make me understand how difficult that will actually be. #TexasChickenAndBurger #Racist #Transphobic #AsFuck! #PostRacial #Harlem - #regrann
40,272 Likes | 2172 days ago | 280
I love you all. For the @gaytimesmag Pride edition cover story. Photo @jacqharriet - styled by @its_brody. props by @anniirose. Makeup @theladydeja hair @ursulastephen #TransIsBeautiful #Pride #lgbtq+ #blackgirlmagic
12,668 Likes | 2173 days ago | 100
-Handed faux fur green hoops... - First thought: What the heck am I going to do with these? -Second thought: Werk It Bish! Eeeeow! #tbt #BTS of my @gaytimesmag photo shoot. #ImReallyIntoAStatue #TransIsBeautiful #Pride
24,487 Likes | 2173 days ago | 139
Circles of #Life and #Pride for @gaytimesmag. #TransIsBeautiful. #lgbtq+ #love Click on the link in my bio to get your copy: https://buy.gaytimes.co.uk/collections/current-issue photo by @jacqharriet
35,758 Likes | 2174 days ago | 209
So honored to cover the special #Pride edition of @gaytimesmag. I sit down for a chat with my girl @peppermint247. Click on the link in my bio to get your copy: https://buy.gaytimes.co.uk/collections/current-issue #TransIsBeautiful #blackgirlmagic #rpdr photo by @jacqharriet
23,794 Likes | 2175 days ago | 96
Thank you so much @haydave.artist For this beautiful painting. And thanks to all my followers who create beautiful art inspired by my image. It's incredible that you would take the time to paint or draw me. I want to take the moment to acknowledge this beautiful painting and all the beautiful art work out there. I don't take it doe granted. Regrann from @haydave.artist - #finished #ithink #lavernecox #painting #portrait #popart #poprealism #contemporaryart #blackgurlmagic #art #artist #haydaveartist #magicandflow #artexhibition @thegreenfieldgallery - #regrann
6,476 Likes | 2175 days ago | 37
"I did nothing that would possibly interfere with being my total, complete best. I was so determined..." I have watched this many many times. I never get tired of hearing about this woman's complete dedication to her art that created space that didn't exist before her. Thank you #LeontynePrice for the continued inspiration. Thank you for the call to excellence. #blackexcellence
5,692 Likes | 2176 days ago | 65
Tonight "Who Do You Think You Are" 10/9 central. #WDYTYA #ancestry #TransIsBeautiful #family
10,145 Likes | 2177 days ago | 76
Yes, my ancestry journey took me to Selma, Alabama. I get chills everytime I think about walking across the #EdmondPettusBridge, the sight of a major struggle for voting rights in this country, a struggle that continues to this day. Please vote everyone. Check out my ancestry journey on the 2 hour season premiere of Who Do You Think You Are tomorrow night. My journey begins at 10/9 central on @tlc #WDYTYA "Bringing the gifts my ancestors gave, I am the hope and the dream of the slave." Maya Angelou #TransIsBeautiful
18,071 Likes | 2179 days ago | 220
#fbf working the runway for charity 3 years ago during #NYFW. I wanted to be fierce and stoic but my childhood desire to twirl in chiffon took over and this is what happened. I love when music takes over, when love takes over and I just give myself permission to be free. Life is too short not to live as free as we can #TransIsBeautiful
7,159 Likes | 2180 days ago | 83
#TBT How do we #love our fellow citizens in a way that keeps them safe, alive and cared for? International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia & Biphobia. .⠀ .⠀ #lavernecox #oitnb #lgbtq #loveislove #pride #IDAHOTB #TransIsBeautiful
54,023 Likes | 2181 days ago | 761
Changement, pirouettes and Candide at the gym. My youth spent in ballet classes lives within me. #WashFaceNoBase #ballet #opera #glitterandbegay #TransIsBeautiful
23,909 Likes | 2181 days ago | 375
#womancrushwedensday to all those trans women out there owning who you are, claiming your right to exist in public space, in the light, following your dreams. To all of you who are afraid and not sure where your next meal is coming from, not sure where you will sleep tonight, who feel that no one loves you or could love you, you are lovable. You are worthy. Yes I am dancing in a swimsuit to my song in my living room here. But dancing is how I connect to my body and a sense of freedom within myself and also to my imagination. I have consistently had to first imagine a world where there was a place for me and I have had to co-create that world with a power greater than myself. When I think about all the trans folks acting on television right now and next month when @poseonfx premieres I think about the world I have imagined where diverse trans folks would be represented on television. We have a long way to go but I want to celebrate all the trans folks out there dreaming the dream, realizing that dream, not quite there yet and fighting the fights for our survival. #TransIsBeautiful #BeatForTheGods
39,954 Likes | 2185 days ago | 251
Today I can choose love or fear. I choose love. I choose love. I choose love. #TransIsBeautiful #nofilters #love #BeatForTheGods
12,483 Likes | 2186 days ago | 159
#fbf #bts of my photo shoot for @USOWomen and the launch of their official T-shirt for #USOW2018 in collaboration with @landofdistraction..................................................................................................................................... 100% of proceeds go to @USOWomen to help them continue their work galvanizing women and girls across the country. Get your own T-shirt at bit.ly/LODxUSOW! Link in bio. #LANDofdistraction #StateOfWomen
49,568 Likes | 2191 days ago | 322
I don't know your name but thank you sir for helping me down the stairs. #TransIsBeautiful
32,881 Likes | 2192 days ago | 159
Thank you @glaad for 29 years of media advocacy. Tonight was so inspiring. I am so blessed I got to wear: Dress @tadashishoji, jewelry @hsternofficial, shoes custom @kennethcole. Makeup @theladydeja hair @ursulastephen styled by @christinajpacelli #TransIsBeautiful
51,857 Likes | 2192 days ago | 302
Seeing two black trans women onstage at the #glaadawards tonight who are both working actresses made me so proud tonight I could cry. Watch @kingamiyahscott on @staronfox Wednesday nights and @angelicaross on @poseonfx premiering in June. We have a long way to go with trans representation in the media but let's celebrate how far we have come. #TransIsBeautiful
31,654 Likes | 2195 days ago | 190
Barriers were meant to be broken. I'm so excited to support @USOWomen and the launch of their official T-shirt for #USOW2018 this weekend in collaboration with @landofdistraction. 100% of proceeds go to @USOWomen to help them continue their work galvanizing women and girls across the country. Get your own T-shirt at bit.ly/LODxUSOW! Link in bio. #LANDofdistraction #StateOfWomen
7,333 Likes | 2195 days ago | 72
Talking the intersections between trans healthcare and women's healthcare at the @plannedparenthood event in NYC last night. We're in this together. Point of clarity its the 1557 regulations in ACA being targeted not 1556. I misspoke. #PPNYC #TransIsBeautiful #transrightsarehumanrights #womenshealth
10,270 Likes | 2195 days ago | 80
Can’t wait to share my ancestry journey on #WDYTYA! Tune in May 21st at 9/8c on @tlc #familyhistory
25,029 Likes | 2196 days ago | 150
What an incredible night celebrating and supporting the work of @plannedparenthood! Thank you #PPNYC for the incredible honor. Thank you @cecilerichards for your amazing work and tenure at #PP. Thank you Planned Parenthood for your continued expansion into more transgender healthcare. Trans folks if you didnt know Planned Parenthood is somewhere you can go for healthcare where you will be treated with respect. #ReproductiveRights #TransHealth #TransIsBeautiful
7,961 Likes | 2198 days ago | 60
#frontals, #bundles #DontBeDisgruntled #BeatForTheGods #TransIsBeautiful #beautycon
19,351 Likes | 2199 days ago | 169
#BeatForTheGods moved up to number 24 on the @billboard Club play dance charts this week. Embarking on this music project has been so humbling. Thanks to everyone for all the love and support. Choosing to answer the call of being an artist requires constantly making oneself vulnerable in public, continuing to take risks. Thanks for being there with me and for me as I imperfectly explore new terrain, take risks and try to grow with all of you watching. #blackgirlmagic #TransIsBeautiful
25,373 Likes | 2199 days ago | 74
I am a #DirtyComputer. Last night was awesome. I got to see my old friend @ronanfarrow kill it on #realtimewithbillmaher. I failed to get a pic but it was great seeing you again Ronan. I am so very happy for you and proud of all you are doing. Can't wait to read your new book #WarOnPeace. Then I got to go to a private screening of @janellemonae's Dirty Computer: An Emotion Picture by Janelle Monae. Thank you Janelle for inviting me to be a part of this special evening. Thank you for having the courage and fortitude to pursue your artistic vision. We need this vision. Thanks to everyone in attendance for all the love flowing through that space. Children get your lives with Dirty Computer #blackgirlmagic
53,900 Likes | 2200 days ago | 198
#oldheadshotday #fbf. This was circa 2007. After @candiscayne made history and became the first openly trans actor to have a recurring role on a prime time TV show I said to myself this is our time. I went and got new headshots, committed to finding an agent and making my acting dreams come true. I got an agent who is now my manager. The next year I booked by first and second episodes of Law and Order and did the pilot for Bored to Death. Thank you Candis for making me believe it was possible. #TransIsBeautiful
44,131 Likes | 2201 days ago | 206
I wonder what dreams I could have dreamed for myself if there were women like @kingamiyahscott on my television when I was growing up. When I started shooting @oitnb 6 years ago there were not trans actors who were series regulars on broadcast television. With her role on @staronfox Amiyah became the first. I am so inspired by Amiyah and all the brilliant young trans talent on television right now and the talent to come. There are more than enough qualified trans actors available to cast us in both trans and nontrans roles. Exhibit A. #TransIsBeautiful